Islam in Egypt
الإسلام في مصر
A trail through fourteen Egyptian centuries.
At a glance
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
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5steps · 30min · newcomer · student
The conquest
Amr ibn al-As conquers Egypt and founds Fustat, 641.
Al-Azhar
The Fatimid mosque of 972 becomes Islam's greatest university.
The Mamluks
Shajar al-Durr, Qutuz, Baybars: the sultanates that shielded Islam.
شجر الدر سلطانة مصر · السلطان المظفر سيف الدين قطز المعزي · السلطان الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري · وقعة عين جالوت وهزيمة التتار
Saladin
The Ayyubid restores Egypt to the Sunna and builds the citadel.
Modern Egypt
Muhammad Ali modernizes; then colonialism; then Arab Egypt.
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Overview
A path through fourteen Egyptian centuries: al-Fustat, al-Azhar and the House of Wisdom, the Mamluks and Shajar al-Durr, and Salah al-Din and Muhammad Ali.
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Islam in Egypt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-egypt-nile/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.