In the history of Cairo
A 'Present Replete with 'Absent' Tales
She is beautiful ...
stunning ... charming ... amazing ... fully
aware of her beauty ... Thus, her King
may proudly come out in his royal parade. He may command palaces to be built,
and so it happens. He shows his might, and so celebrations are held for him.
And why wouldn't he do so as long as he managed to rise and share with her the
throne of Egypt?
She is the one that won the title of
the beauty queen over the years. Age can only increase her beauty and
magnificence. She is the temptress admired and sought by many of those who save
their money she is the one that won the title of the beauty queen over the
years. Age can only increase her beauty and magnificence. She is the temptress
admired and sought by many of those who save their money throughout the year,
hoping that their wishes would be fulfilled and they get her acceptance and be
allowed to visit her. The lucky ones are those to whom she opens the door to
her secrets. Proud, she is always proud and victorious. She has never been
controlled by anyone. If someone is tempted to challenge her, she stands there
concurring and defeating him. She is the concurring one (in Arabic: al-Qahira).
She is more than three times the age of
Paris, 7 times the age of Berlin, and 13 times the age of New York. In the old
times, she was called “MinNafarre”, which means “the beautiful harbor”. She is
the capital of unified Egypt since the unification led by King Narmer since
3,200 years B.C. This beautiful one is over 5,000 years old. We can say that it
is the oldest capital ever. She is almost the only city that incubated four of
the eldest civilizations: the Ancient Egyptian, the Romanian, the Coptic, and
the Islamic. Although each of them has shaped her in a certain way, she managed
to maintain each one of them distinctively and the remaining monuments are the
witnesses for that. First and foremost, Cairo remains the capital of the Arab
Republic of Egypt, one of the most culturally and culturally diverse cities. It
has witnessed many different historical eras throughout the ages. It has a
number of ancient and modern monuments. It became an open museum that includes
Pharaonic, Greek, Roman, Coptic and Islamic monuments.
Yes! She is the most beautiful city ever. She is “Cairo".
? How did Cairo get its name
The history of the city is essentially
the history of people, places, and events.
Previously, we heard in the popular
walk, that a princess asked her father a palace, founded a city, and called her
name "Cairo." So from the womb of the myth, Cairo was born and
remained a legend. But how was a city like Cairo formed? And how do you write
its history?
Her Name is her First Secret
Al-Muizz Li Din-Allah, chose her location
using his military sense, where al-Mukktam Mountain would act as a shield that
protects the city from the east. Yet, he wanted to fortify it even more and
make it more of a royal fortress for the Caliph, his entourage and his
soldiers, thus he decided to establish a fence that would surround the four
corners of the city. He brought the workers and summoned the Moroccan
astrologers and fortune tellers to choose a happy sign for building the fence.
They put beams of wood marking the locations of the fences, tied them with
ropes and placed bells between each two beams. They told the workers to put
down the clay and stones that are in their hands if the bells moved. It
happened that a crow stood on one of the ropes, thus all the bells moved. The
workers thought that the astrologers are the ones who moved the ropes, so they
put down what they had in their hands and started building. The astrologers
shouted: “Al-Qahir is on the rise”. “AlQahir” is the planet Mars, which is not
a good omen because it is a symbol of war. This is the story that explains the
name of Al-Qahira (Cairo). It is said that it was called (al-Mansouriyyah),
taking after the name of the Caliph “al-Mansour” who is the father of the
Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz Li Din-Allah. Yet, al-Muizz himself is the one who
changed her name to be “al-Qahira (Cairo), to make the name of the city a mark
for its strong fortification.
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