_Cairo_ 113-163

The Shi‘a Revolution, 113—The Fatimid Caliphate, 116—el-Mo‘izz, 116—Conquest of Egypt, 117—Foundation of el-Kahira, Cairo, 118—Effects of the Revolution, 119—The Copts under the Fatimids, 120—el-‘Aziz, 121—The Azhar University Mosque, 123—The Palace-city, 125—The Great Palace, 127—The Gates of Cairo, 129—Bab-Zuweyla, 129—William of Tyre’s description of the Fatimid Court, 130—The Port of Maks and the Fleet, 132—Wealth and Art and Luxury of the Fatimids, 133—Mosque of el-Hakim, 137—The Caliph Hakim, 139—The Hall of Science, 142—Apotheosis of Hakim, 142—Military Tyranny and Loss of Provinces, 144—Cairo in 1047—Cutting the Dam, 145—el-Yazury, 146—Spoliation by the Turks, 147—The Seven Years’ Famine, 148—Bedr el-Gemaly, 149—The Second Wall and Gates of Cairo, 150—Armenian Ministers, 154—The Rule of Vezirs, 157—Murders and Military Despotism, 158—Ibn-Ruzzik, 159—Fatimid Architecture, 159.