Fustat
English
Alternative forms
Fostat
Etymology
From
Arabic
الفُسطاط
(
al-Fusṭāṭ
)
Proper noun
Fustat
(
historical
)
Synonym of
Cairo
,
a city in
Egypt
, as
the
capital
of
Egypt
under the
Rashidun
,
Umayyad
, and
Abbasid
Caliphates
and as
the
capital
of the
Fatimid Caliphate
.
Translations
former capital of Egypt
—
see also
Cairo
Arabic:
الفُسطاط
(
al-Fusṭāṭ
)
Coptic:
ⲫⲩⲥⲧⲁⲧⲟⲛ
(
Phustaton
)
,
ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ
(
Babulōn
)
,
ⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ
(
Lioui
)
Ottoman Turkish:
فسطاط
(
Fustat
)
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