South East Cairo Plans "Al Bataliya and Harat Al Rum"

The arrival of the Fatimids to Egypt in the middle of the 4th century AH was an unusual and significant development on the map of the Islamic world. A real competition arose for rule in the Islamic world. The Fatimid conquest represented a revolution in religion, culture and the system of government at the same time. The Fatimid state was established in Egypt in the year 358 AH. / 969 AD.
The Fatimids’ conquest of Egypt did not come by chance, but rather resulted from a policy that had been studied for a long time, even before the construction of their Mahdist city in Tunisia 304/915 AD. They occupied Alexandria for six months in 306 AH/917 AD, and their campaigns against Egypt failed thanks to the military supplies coming from Baghdad to help the Ikhshidid state. Then Al-Mu'izz Lidin Allah Al-Fatimi3 devoted all his attention to preparing a campaign against Egypt, and he even paid attention to digging wells and establishing rest houses along the desert road leading to Alexandria4.