At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
Overview
For Ibn Abd al-Hakam a khitta is the quarter laid out by a man or a tribe; his editor glosses it as a quarter or district. 3 Once Amr had moved to al-Fustat and built the mosque, the people laid out their plots. 4 Ibn Abd al-Hakam admits he does not know the plots of every conqueror: "God knows best." 5
Around the mosque
Around Amr and the mosque settled Quraysh, the Ansar, Aslam, Ghifar and Juhayna, and the people of the Banner, men whose clans had no numbers. 1 He reports from Ibn Lahi'a that the Banner were Quraysh, who carried Amr's banner; others say it was a banner Amr created for small groups unwilling to stand under anyone else's. 6
The tribes
Bali settled behind Kharija ibn Hudhafa as far as Suq Wardan, and stood on the right of Amr's banner because the mother of al-As ibn Wa'il was of Bali. 7 Ghafiq were a third of the people when Amr entered Egypt, in Yazid ibn Abi Habib's report, and their plot lay between Mahra and Lakhm. 8 Mahra first settled at Dar al-Khayl on the slope of Jabal Yashkur, with a black dome for their mosque, and Amr later moved them near him. 9
The Lane of Lamps
The Lane of Lamps was once called the Lane of the Nobles, because Amr lived at its end by the mosque and Ka'b ibn Dinna at its other end by Suq Barbar, with houses of several Companions between them, among them Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may God be pleased with him). 10
Notable houses
Among the houses he names are the White House, Dar al-Raml and the Pepper House. 11 12 13
Connections
- Part of
- Al-Fustat
People and things also explored
Dar al-Anmat· The White House (al-Dar al-Bayda'), al-Fustat· The Pepper House (Dar al-Fulful), al-Fustat· Dar al-Raml, al-Fustat· the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As· Ending the Ubaydid Khutba and Restoring the Abbasid Khutba in Egypt· Amr's Dismissal and Ibn Abi Sarh's Sole Charge of Egypt· Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria
Sources
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 141
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , intro p. ل
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 132
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 134
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 139
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 162
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 161
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 166
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 164
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 156
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 142
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 143
- Futuh Misr wa-l-Maghrib — Ibn Abd al-Hakam (ed. Abd al-Mun'im Amir, al-Hay'a al-Amma li-Qusur al-Thaqafa) , p. 152
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islam.museum contributors. “The Khitat (plots) of al-Fustat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/khitat-al-fustat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-10.
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