Tucked away amid the mod­ern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world‘s old­est Islam­ic cities, with its famous mosques, madrasas, ham­mams and foun­tains. Found­ed in the 10th cen­tu­ry, it became the new cen­tre of the Islam­ic world, reach­ing its gold­en age in the 14th cen­tu­ry.