What does the five genies have to do with a legendary wedding and a famous story?
Why is this particular mosque depicted on the five-pound note? And what does Reem Bassiouni's novel have to do with the subject?
Let's have a #History_Session
Sources:
History of the Abbasid State: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suhail Taqush
History of the Ikhshidids, Tulunids, and Hamdanids: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suhail Taqush
Atlas of Islamic History: Dr. Hussein Mu'nis
History of Egypt in the Middle Ages: Stanley Lane-Poole
Egypt in the Middle Ages: Dr. Hassan Ali Ibrahim
Atlas of the History of Cairo: Ahmed Adel Kamal
Bright Stars in the Kings of Egypt and Cairo: Ibn Taghri Birdi
Biography of Ahmad ibn Tulun: Al-Balawi
Cairo: Its Plans and Urban Development: Dr. Ayman Fouad Sayed