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Cairo, Egypt 13 June 2008
Panoramic view of mosques in Cairo.
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. While Al-Qahirah is the official name of the city, in Egyptian Arabic it commonly shares the dialect's name for the country: Masr.
Cairo was founded by the Fatimid caliphs as a royal enclosure, and replaced Fustat as the seat of the government.
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.
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
Panoramic view of mosques in Cairo.
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. While Al-Qahirah is the official name of the city, in Egyptian Arabic it commonly shares the dialect's name for the country: Masr.
Cairo was founded by the Fatimid caliphs as a royal enclosure, and replaced Fustat as the seat of the government.
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.
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
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