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	Fostat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fostat (also spelled Fustat; Arabic: الفسطاط) was the first capital city of Egypt under Arab rule.
		It was later overtaken by Cairo, which was built to the north of Fostat during the Fatimid reign.
		Fostat is now part of the 'Old Egypt' District in Cairo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fostat (127 words)

	Maimonides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following this sojourn in Morocco, he briefly lived in the Holy Land, spending time in Jerusalem, and finally settled in Fostat, Egypt; where he was doctor of the Grand Vizier Alfadhil and also possibly the doctor of Sultan Saladin of Egypt.
		He died in Fostat, and was buried in Tiberias (today in Israel).
		His son Avraham, recognized as a great scholar, succeeded him as Nagid (head of the Egyptian Jewish Community), as well as in the office of court physician, at the age of only eighteen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moses_Maimonides (3270 words)

	SFBARS
		Two of the Fostat fragments, #'s 26 and #27 also possess a similar layout found in the Beysehir prototype rug.
		And unlike the Fostat fragments and Holbein rugs, which mostly have 2 and 3 ply woolen warps, the Dixon fragments have mostly 5 ply cotton warp, more characteristic of Chinese or East Turkestan rugs.
		The question arises whether these asymmetrically knotted Fostat fragments and the Dixon fragments might be local copies, made in Egypt and Tibet respectively, of Turkish "Holbein" rugs.
	www.sfbars.org /fragment.html (672 words)

	NITLE Arab World Project
		This was really the most characteristic Fostat type, and when we speak of Fostat pots it is usually to these that we refer.
		The decorations, in addition to depicting the birds and animals which were so frequently used in association with the sgraffito technique elsewhere, also often included birds with spread wings or cups on tall stems, which were used as heraldic symbols during the Mamluk age.
		Fragments have been dug up at Fostat, one of which can actually be dated to the year 821, while others can be assigned on stylistic grounds to dates from the tenth century onwards.
	arabworld.nitle.org /texts.php?module_id=12&reading_id=307&print=1 (3033 words)

	Judaism 101 - Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon - Rambam - A Glossary of Basic Jewish Terms and Concepts - OU.ORG
		Born in Cordova, Spain, he was forced to flee from fanatical Moslems at the age of thirteen, where he traveled with his family to North Africa, and ten years later to Palestine.
		As a result of the devastation left by the Crusaders, Palestine was virtually uninhabitable, forcing the family to move to Fostat (current day Cairo).
		Throughout these journeys, the young Maimonides had concentrated on Torah studies under the guidance of his father, and by the time he reached Fostat had become a famous scholar.
	www.ou.org /about/judaism/rabbis/rambam.htm (272 words)

	The Bride of the Nile - Chapter 40
		The troops he intended to employ later were waiting under arms at Fostat, and when the fire broke out, first in the treasury and afterwards in three other places in the palace, they were immediately marched across and very judiciously employed.
		The way lay through a parched tract of rocky desert, and the further they went the more intense was that wonderful flush in the west, till day broke behind the travellers and the glory of the sunrise quenched the vividness of its glow.
		And when he turned his eye earthwards again, still, even there, he had that which made it seem worth the cost of enduring the pangs of living and the brunt of the hardest battle: Paula and her love.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/BrideOfTheNile/00000051.htm (3543 words)

	Offset Knotting: Early Examples
		The rug has been variously attributed to Anatolia and Azerbaijan, and is generally thought to date from the 13th or 14th century.
		Among the carpet fragments found at Fostat in Old Cairo are examples with offset symmetrical knotting.
		Friedrich Spuhler has speculated that this rug is from Central Anatolia, and from the 16th or 17th century.
	www.marlamallett.com /offset-b.htm (1303 words)

	Noph
		In this city they fed and worshipped the sacred bull Apis, the embodiment of their false god Osiris; and Ezekiel says, that the lord will destroy the idols of Memphis, Ezekiel 30:13,16.
		Memphis retained much of its splendor till it was conquered by the Arabians in the eighteenth or nineteenth year of the Hegira, A. 641; after which it was superseded as the metropolis of Egypt by Fostat, now Old Cairo, in the construction of which its materials were employed.
		The pyramids, in which its distinguished men were buried, still survive; but the magnificent city, that stretched along for many miles between them and the river, has almost wholly disappeared.
	dictionary.crossmap.com /definition/noph.htm (314 words)

	The Cairo Genizah
		The best-known genizah, the Cairo Genizah, is located in the Ezra Synagogue in Fostat (Old Cairo, Egypt), built in 882.
		Soon after the Arab conquest of Egypt in the late seventh century, the newly built city of Fostat became the administrative center of the country until Cairo was built adjacent to it in the 10th century.
		In 882, the Jews of Fostat bought and renovated the destroyed Coptic church of Saint Michael, turning it into the Ezra Synagogue.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/Genizah.html (1074 words)

	Pattaya Mail Business News
		Propak Thailand 2001 welcomes the return of industry leading companies, many of whom have significantly expanded their presence in reflection of the growing opportunities in the industry and the increasing importance of Propak.
		Asia’s regional presidents of FIFSTA have been invited to Propak Thailand 2001 to once again host their regional meeting, discuss development within the industry and plan their 2002 biennial Asian conference to be held alongside Propak Asia 2002.
		FoSTAT, Thailand’s representative of FIFSTA, will also be hosting the National University Food Science and Technology competition with teams of Thailand’s elite academics.
	www.pattayamail.com /408/business.htm (944 words)

	Ummah.com - View Single Post - other religions
		Trained both as a physician and rabbi, Maimonedes became such a good doctor that he was appointed royal physician to the King of Egypt.
		His most famous work, generally regarded as one of the great philosophical works of the middle ages, Dalalat al-Ha'rin (Guide for the Perplexed, 1190), is an attempt to bring Judaism in line with Neo-Platonic Aristotleanism as taught by al-Farabi (Abu Nasr, 870-950) and Avicenna.
		Maimonedes died on December 13 1204, and in Fostat there were three days of public mourning, as well as a fast in Jerusalem.
	www.ummah.net /forum/showpost.php?p=350947&postcount=14 (1643 words)

	An Ancient Carpet in Urumchi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Its relatively recent discovery and the lack of communication between this area and the outside world may also account for the unknown status of this rug.
		Unlike the Fostat Carpet, but like the Pazyryk, it was apparently found in situ with other contemporary objects.
		It is well known from the discovery of ancient manuscripts and other types of textiles that burial in the dry sands of the Taklamakan was unsurpassed among archeological sites in facilitating the preservation of perishable materials.
	www.rugreview.com /82chris.htm (1357 words)

	Thebes to Assûan.
		The Reïs of the Fostat and he of the Bagstones were equally anxious, and for the same reasons.
		In the midst of the clamour, however, and just as we are about to turn away in despair, the gate creaks open ; the gentlemen of the Fostat troop out in puggeries and knickerbockers ; and we are at last admitted.
		This is what we see – a little yard surrounded by mud-walls ; at the farther end of the yard a dilapidated doorway ; beyond the doorway, a strange-looking, stupendous mass of yellow limestone masonry, long, and low, and level, and enormously massive.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/edwards/nile/nile-IX.html (6132 words)

	Tales of the Languished & Forgotten: Program Guide: FOSTAT: Fourier Map Density Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		FOSTAT determines empirically the distribution of electron density values on a Fourier map on the
		The expected range of electron density values is divided into equal intervals which is assigned a storage counter.
		FOSTAT lists the number of points in each interval; the total number outside the range; the percentages, along with the minimum value for each interval.
	xtal.crystal.uwa.edu.au /limbo/limbo-17.html (116 words)

	plaza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It should be noted that he always lived in Dar-al-Islam, or the Moslem world, which contributed to his immense knowledge of the Arabic culture and language.
		The strength of his influence could be seen best on this day, as Jews from all parts of the world sighed in grief.
		In Fostat, mourning was ordained for three days and in Jerusalem a public fast.
	doc.union.edu /~cordoba/judia/plaza.htm (723 words)

	Regional Report - Federation of Institutes of Food Science and Technology in ASEAN (FIFSTA)
		The association was promoting its youth program more aggressively by bringing more awareness of FoSTAT activities to young graduates.
		For human resources development, the association organized one or two seminars a month by tapping the expertise and know-how of members and expert visitors.
		FoSTAT was working with key institutions like US EPA in certifying members for providing better process control tools.
	www.worldfoodscience.org /cms?pid=1001383 (1220 words)

	MAIMONIDES, MOSES (Biography)
		After a short stay at Alexandria they took up residence in Fostat, the Old City of Cairo.
		In Fostat, mourning was ordained for three days, and in Jerusalem a public fast, and the Scriptural readings instituted concluded with the verse "the glory is departed from Israel, for the Ark of the Lord is taken" (I Sam.
		His remains were taken to Tiberias for burial, and his grave is still an object of pilgrimage.
	www.thirteen.org /heritagedvd/ej_1.html (810 words)

	Lateral Puzzles
		Is it a name that was given to him by his parents?
		Fostat's version of whatever Leob is famous for?
		Leob and Fostat are not related but there is something very similar to what Leob created that was created in Fostat which is the key to solving this puzzle
	www.lateralpuzzles.com /discus/messages/2928/13387.html?1115869062 (662 words)

	The Bride of the Nile - Chapter 26
		He sprang from his bed at the first glimmer of dawn, glad that the night was past, and started to cross the Nile in order to place half of Paula's fortune in the hands of Salech, the brother of Haschim the merchant.
		On the side open to the street he transacted business with his customers, who, when the affair promised to be lengthy, were invited by the Arab to seat themselves with him on his little platform.
		When Orion returned home, after concluding his business with the money-changer at Fostat, he had to make his way through a crowd of people, and found the court-yard full of men, and the guards and servants in the greatest excitement.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/BrideOfTheNile/00000037.htm (4226 words)

	Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo
		Storage of manuscripts, books and various documents, in an attic of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fostat (ancient Cairo).
		This famous synagogue in Fostat (Old Cairo) was called originally the synagogue of 'the men of Israel', built in the year 882 on the remains of the basilica of a Coptic church that had been sold to Jews.
		From the 1980's the synagogue went through a restoration process and today it is an historical monument and one of the most visited Jewish sites in Cairo.
	www.bh.org.il /Communities/Synagogue/cairo.asp (234 words)

	Rambam
		The climate in Fostat is hot and dry.
		2050 CE The distance and time that you will travel from our central Chicago Timeport Station, 2050 CE to Fostat, Egypt, 1166-1204 CE is 6176 miles (9937.18 kilometers) and any time from 846 to 884 years in the past.
		During your visit to fostat, you will be provided with robotic horse simulators.
	www.geocities.com /time2timetravel/his2.html (352 words)

	BASSATINE News Volume 1 Issue 7 March 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		With standing room only, the historic and recently restored synagogue of Ben Ezra (also known as the Temple of Eliajh the prophet) in Old Cairo (Fostat) was the 1997 venue for Hanukka.
		Find and meet friends and relatives and enjoy some of their comments, stories and anecdotes WHETHER in the current guestbook OR in BN's growing letters archive.
		With the development of Cairo north of Fostat, more and more people left Old Cairo to settle in the newer parts of the city.
	www.geocities.com /bassatine/bassa7.htm (2250 words)

	Term paper on 641
		Years: 637 638 639 640 - 641 - 642 643 644 645 Decades: 610s 620s 630s - 640s - 650s 660s 670s Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century Events Founding of the city of Fostat, later Cairo, in Egypt.
		Founding of the city of Fostat, later Cairo, in Egypt.
		Revolt against Byzantine emperor Heraclonas; he is deposed and his brother Constans II becomes sole emperor.
	www.termpapertopic.org /64/641.html (128 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Fostat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Fostat; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Fostat (247 words)

	The Jewish Community of Egypt
		One of the most influential rabbinical figures of that period in Egypt was Rabbi Sa'adiah Ha-Gaon, who was born in Faiyum in Egypt in 892 and lived in Babylon; many Jews from Babylon came to Egypt and established communities, amongst them also a Karaite community.
		Members of the Karaite community also held positions at the courts of rulers.
		25,000 Jews lived in Egypt in the 12th century, mostly in the town of Fostat (Cairo) and their language was Arabic.
	www.bh.org.il /Communities/Archive/egypt.asp (1070 words)

	Maimonides/Rambam
		I dwell at Fostat, and the sultan resides at Cairo [about a mileandahalf away]....
		It also frequently happens that one of the two royal officers fall sick, and I must attend to their healing.
		I find the antechamber filled with people, both Jews and gentiles, nobles and common people, judges and bailiffs, friends and foes-a mixed multitude who await the time of my return.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Maimonides.html (1159 words)

	[No title]
		Possibly the sophisticated technique of the Pazarik carpet had been forgotten over the intervening centuries, and the process of evolution began all over again with the discovery of a simple knot.
		It is thought that this carpet must have been exported from Western Turkistan between the 7th and 9th centuries.
		The art of carpet weaving was introduced to the Islamic world by Turkish tribes migrating from Central Asia, and the single-warp knot spread as far as Spain.
	www.turkradio.us /sunholiday/10109630pot.html (1247 words)

	Egyptology Blog
		In the early 1990s, the books, about 15,000 of them, were stored in three libraries belonging to the Jewish community, which are located adjacent to the Sha'ar Hashamayim synagogue on Adli Street, the Ezra synagogue in the Fostat quarter and the Karaite synagogue.
		The Ezra synagogue in Fostat, the quarter from which Cairo began to develop in the seventh century CE, is the only synagogue in Cairo that has been fortunate.
		Originally, the synagogue was a Coptic church, which was sold to the Jews in 882 CE.
	www.egyptologyblog.co.uk /2005/04/27.html (1117 words)

	[No title]
		When Orion returned home, after concluding his business with the money- changer at Fostat, he had to make his way through a crowd of people, and found the court-yard full of men, and the guards and servants in the greatest excitement.
		By midnight Benjamin had already been informed of Orion's visit to Fostat, and to the Arab general.
		Nothing, however, had been said about it beyond a fear lest he had gone thither with a view to abjuring the faith of his fathers and going over to the Infidels.
	library.beau.org /gutenberg/etext04/ge84v10.txt (12781 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - History & Community: What Maimonides Means to Me
		For three days, Jews and Muslims held lamentations in Fostat.
		They read the Tokhekhah (rebuke) from Leviticus 26 followed by I Samuel 4:22: "The glory is departed from Israel, for the Ark of God is taken." An unknown hand wrote on his tomb in Tiberias: "Here lies a man and yet not a man; if you were a man, then heavenly creatures created you."
		They left Cordoba, wandered around Spain, settled in Fez, fled to Israel, and finally settled in Fostat, the old city of Cairo.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /history_community/Medieval/MedThoughtTO/Maimonides/Rambam_Meaning.htm (1005 words)

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