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378 AHAl-Azhar Becomes the World's First University
Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, founded by the Fatimids in 970 CE, began functioning as a university, making it one...
297 AHEstablishment of the Fatimid Caliphate
...Egypt and founding Cairo in 969 CE. Despite being Shia, the Fatimids generally tolerated Sunni scholarship and built al-Azhar mo...
358 AHFounding of Cairo by the Fatimids
...s planned as a royal enclave and administrative center. The Fatimids later founded al-Azhar mosque and university there, which b...