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al-Qata'i
Al-Qata'i was the capital founded by Ahmad ibn Tulun around 870 north-east of Fustat, on the site of present-day Cairo. Its name, 'the allotments', came from the quarters assigned to his troops and officials. It held a palace, a hospital, a great hippodrome and the Mosque of Ibn Tulun. When the Abbasids reconquered Egypt in 905 they razed the city, sparing only the mosque.
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