al-Fustat

American

[al-foo-stat] / æl fʊˈstæt /

Also el-Fustat.

noun

a city in N Egypt, near the modern city of Cairo, founded in the 7th century a.d.

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They were in the inner garden of Saadi's small house in al-Fustat, the oldest quarter of El Kahira.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert

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