1. Tax-inspector entourage in Egypt

    · Fustat (present-day Cairo), Egypt

    Tax-inspector entourage in Egypt
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    After the fall of the Barmakids, Abu Nuwas worked in the entourage of the Inspector of Land Taxes and accompanied his employer to Egypt. The source uses the retrospective name Cairo; the Abbasid-era administrative center was Fustat in present-day Cairo. Coordinates represent Fustat.

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