Cairo


 * Capital of Egypt
 * Home of Tahrir Square
 * Muhammad Ali and Farouk I ruled from here
 * Mamluk Sultanate defeated by Napoleon
 * Capital of an Albanian-born Ottoman who declared himself Khedive afterrward
 * Qutuz, Aybak, and Baibars led a slave dynasty here after overthrowing Saladin's Ayyubid Caliphate
 * "Mad Caliph" al-Hakim is from here
 * Revered by Druze
 * Rampages in Jerusalem destroyed the Holy Sepulchre
 * Al-Adid and his vizier Shawar saved it from Shirkuh by allying with Amalric I
 * Burned its old portion of al-Fustat to deny it to crusaders
 * Scientific team led by Fourier claimed that one third of its citizens were blind