At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
Overview
al-Fayyum: one of the districts of Upper Egypt. Amr ibn al-As sent to it Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi, together with al-Ashmunayn, Ikhmim, al-Bushrudat and the villages of Upper Egypt. The people of its villages made peace on the same terms as the judgement of Fustat. 1
It is a site in the account of the four commanders in Egypt. See also Amr ibn al-As.
Fayyum in al-Maqrizi
Al-Maqrizi says that the site of al-Fayyum was where the Nile's water drained away, and that when Joseph took charge of Egypt's affairs, he made it habitable. 2
Citing Ibn Abd al-Hakam, al-Maqrizi reports that once the conquest was complete, Amr ibn al-As sent cavalry raids to the villages around it, and al-Fayyum remained for a year without the Muslims knowing where it was, until a man came and told them of it. 3
Connections
- Birthplace of
- Sufi Abu Taleb
- Site of
- Amr's Four Lieutenants Carry the Fustat Terms through Egypt
- Contains
- Al-Awsiyya al-Kubra· Lahun· Bayad· Damuna
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· Amr ibn al-As· Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi· Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi· Utba ibn Amir al-Juhani· Wardan, Amr's Mawla· Ayn Shams· Cairo
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.304
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.711
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.733
- al-Farghani, Elementa astronomica (Golius, Amsterdam 1669)
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Fayyum”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-fayyum/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.