Cairo: The Vanquisher { 41 images } Created 9 Jul 2008
Cairo, which means "The Vanquisher" or "The Triumphant", is the capital city of Egypt.
It is the largest city in Egypt and Africa's most populous city.
Cairo was founded by the Fatimid caliphs as a royal enclosure.
It later came under the Mamluks, ruled by the Ottomans 1517 to 1798, briefly occupied by Napoleon.
Muhammad Ali of Egypt made Cairo the capital of his independent empire from 1805 to 1882, after which the British took control of it until Egypt attained independence in 1922.
It is the largest city in Egypt and Africa's most populous city.
Cairo was founded by the Fatimid caliphs as a royal enclosure.
It later came under the Mamluks, ruled by the Ottomans 1517 to 1798, briefly occupied by Napoleon.
Muhammad Ali of Egypt made Cairo the capital of his independent empire from 1805 to 1882, after which the British took control of it until Egypt attained independence in 1922.