23 results for “egypt”
Clear filter...Emperor), Khosrow II (Sassanid Emperor), Muqawqis (ruler of Egypt), Negus of Abyssinia, rulers of Bahrain, Oman, and Yemen. H...
...tory. He conquered the Sassanid Empire, took the Levant and Egypt from Byzantines, established the Islamic calendar, created ...
Amr ibn al-As led the Muslim conquest of Egypt, defeating the Byzantine garrison. He founded Fustat (Old C...
...estine. This was the first decisive Mongol defeat and saved Egypt, the Hijaz, and North Africa from destruction.
Napoleon's invasion demonstrated European military superiority and was a shock to the Muslim world. Though the French were expelled within three years, the even
...isalah (the first systematic work on usul al-fiqh), died in Egypt. His school synthesized the approaches of the Medinan and I...
The Mamluks, former slave-soldiers, seized power in Egypt following the death of the Ayyubid sultan. The Mamluk Sulta...
... near Aleppo. This victory led to Ottoman control of Syria, Egypt, and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The Ottoman sulta...
...aliphate, was established in North Africa before conquering Egypt and founding Cairo in 969 CE. Despite being Shia, the Fatim...
Muhammad Abduh, the Grand Mufti of Egypt and pioneer of Islamic modernism, died in Cairo. With his t...
The Fatimid general Jawhar al-Siqilli conquered Egypt and founded the city of al-Qahirah (Cairo) as the new capit...
...the Ayyubid dynasty after deposing the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. The Ayyubids restored Sunni governance and successfully de...
The Fifth Crusade targeted Egypt. Crusaders captured Damietta but were eventually defeated. ...
...ubi, the Maliki jurist and Quran commentator, died in Upper Egypt. His Tafsir al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran is one of the most im...
...t Shafi'i-Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and Chief Judge of Egypt, died in Cairo.
... world, killing an estimated one-third of the population in Egypt, Syria, and North Africa.
Ottoman Sultan Selim I conquered Egypt, ending the Mamluk Sultanate and gaining control over the M...
Muhammad Ali Pasha, the founder of modern Egypt, modernized Egypt's army, education system, and economy. Hi...
Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Ismailia, Egypt. It became the most influential Islamic movement of the 20t...
Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, capturing East Jerusalem and al-Masjid ...
Egypt and Syria attacked Israeli positions during Ramadan. The Eg...
...istinguishing himself at Badr, Uhud, and in the conquest of Egypt.
...etter to al-Muqawqis (Jurayj ibn Mina), the Coptic ruler of Egypt. The letter invited him to Islam with a similar message to ...