The Rashidun Caliphate in 641 annexes the …
Years: 641 - 641
The Rashidun Caliphate in 641 annexes the Thebaid region.
The Muslim Arab conquerors establish on the site of the fallen imperial fortress called Babylon a military camp called al-Fustat.
A city, called Cairo, will soon grow up around the camp.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Egypt (Roman province)
- Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
- Rashidun Caliphate
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
Topics
- Migration Period
- Byzantine Papacy
- Arab-Byzantine Wars
- Muslim Conquest of Persia
- Byzantine-Muslim War of 633-42
- Muslim Conquest of Egypt
