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Updated: May 20, 2025
The conquest of Egypt, begun by him, was finished by his grandson, Moez. He brought a hundred thousand men, commanded by his vizier Jauhar, to Alexandria, and marched with them through the desert toward the great city of Fostal, which Caliph Amrou had built.
Moez sat enthroned there in the midst of his realm, and he founded in El-Kahera, the Victorious, the dynasty of the Fatimite caliphs; for Fatima, the daughter of the prophet Mohammed, had married Ali, who was the head of the house from which Moez and Jauhar descended. "The new city, El-Kahera arose quickly, and soon became the model for all that was beautiful in the arts and sciences in Egypt.
"Near this great city, Jauhar founded another with splendid walls and palaces, and he called it El-Kahera that is, the Victorious. Proudly, victoriously, beside the old city of Fostal, arose the new city of El-Kahera, the wondrous city!
Then the defenders considered their cause lost, and the next night saw a barbarous sight, peculiarly Indian in character: the so-called Jauhar demanded his offering according to an old Rajput custom. Many great fires gleamed weirdly in the fortress.
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