Cairo -- medieval

Cairo -DA20-Bellum Horarium: Arcanam Medieval

Quote (استشهد)

Mistress of broad provinces and fruitful lands, boundless in profusion
of buildings, peerless in beauty and splendor, she shelters all you will of the
learned and ignorant, the grave and the gay, the prudent and the foolish,
the noble and the base...like the waves of the sea she surges with her throngs
of folk...her youth is ever new despite the length of days. Her reigning star
never shifts from the mansion of fortune. (sic)

-- Ibn Batuta, Rihla (The Journey)

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Admonition (تحذير)

Older than time itself, Cairo sits as a gleaming gem amid
the Egyptian sands. But is its glitter a beacon of hope or the
harbinger of something more terrible?

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Districts of Al-Qāhirah

Babylon Fortress

There is evidence of settlement in the area as early as the 6th century BC, when Persians built a fort on the Nile, north of Memphis. The Persians also built a canal from the Nile (at Fustat) to the Red Sea. The Persian settlement was called Babylon, reminiscent of the ancient city along the Euphrates, and it gained importance while the nearby city of Memphis declined, as did Heliopolis. During the Ptolemaic period, Babylon and its people were mostly forgotten.

It is traditionally held that the Holy Family visited the area during the Flight into Egypt, seeking refuge from Herod. Further it is held that Christianity began to spread in Egypt when St. Mark arrived in Alexandria, becoming the first Patriarch, though the religion remained underground during the rule of the Romans. As the local population began to organize towards a revolt, the Romans, recognizing the strategic importance of the region, took over the fort and relocated it nearby as the Babylon Fortress. Trajan reopened the canal to the Red Sea, bringing increased trade, though Egypt remained a backwater as far as the Romans were concerned.

Under the Romans, St. Mark and his successors were able to convert a substantial portion of the population, from pagan beliefs to Christianity. As the Christian communities in Egypt grew, they were subjected to persecution by the Romans, under Emperor Diocletian around 300 AD, and the persecution continued following the Edict of Milan that declared religious toleration. The Coptic Church later separated from the church of the Romans and the Byzantines. Under the rule of Arcadius (395-408), a number of churches were built in Old Cairo.[8] In the early years of Arab rule, the Copts were allowed to build several churches within the old fortress area of Old Cairo.

In the 11th Century AD, Coptic Cairo hosted the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria, which is historically based in Alexandria. As the ruling powers moved from Alexandria to Cairo after the Arab invasion of Egypt during Pope Christodolos's tenure, Cairo became the fixed and official residence of the Coptic Pope at the Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo in 1047.

The Ben Ezra Synagogue was established in Coptic Cairo in 1115, in what was previously a Coptic church that was built in the 8th century. The Copts needed to sell it, in order to raise funds to pay taxes to Ibn Tulun.

Important Sites of the Fortress of Babylon

• -- The Hanging Church -- Home to the Coptic Patriarch.
• -- Church of St. George in Cairo
• -- Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Barbara (or Sitt Barbara)
• -- Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (AKA: Abu Serga)
• -- Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo
• -- Coptic Orthodox Church of Saint Menas (kenīset Mar-Mīna)
• -- Church of the Holy Virgin (AKA: Babylon El-Darag)
• -- Ben Ezra Synagogue

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Population

• Annual Census, 1100 A.D.:

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Citizens of the City

Cairo is a city of communities. The city's residents both mortal and Kindred, often band together to accomplish individual and common goals, and the vampire who walks the streets of Cairo alone may well find herself at a distinct disadvantage. Within these assemblies lie various subsects, heresies and and fringe groups, and, when inspected in depth, their relations with one another can seem somewhat convoluted. To outsiders and those encountering them for the first time, their ancient and often traditional dealings with one another can appear peculiar, insular or unfamiliar.

Criminals

• -- Qadir Ali -- Experienced Smuggler

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Fortifications

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Dead Among the Dead -- The Damned of Cairo (القتلى من بين الأموات - وملعون من القاهرة)

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Banu Yashkur (سبط هيل) -- Assamites of Egypt

• -- Antara -- The Shepherd of Wolves

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Banu Ahl ar-Raya (قبيلة من رمال الزمن) -- The Cold Brujah

• -- Al-Muntaqim - The Avenger
• -- Al-Muntathir - God's Witness

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Qabilat Al-Mawt (قبيلة الموت) -- The Cappadocians of Cairo

• -- Lazarus -- The Prodigal Son of Cappadocius
• -- Angelique -- Guardian of the Necropoli.

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Banu al as-Sa'idi (قبيلة من المصلين الثعبان) -- Followers of Set

• -- Bilaal the Guide -- Setite Entrepreneur
• -- Kahina -- Kahina is a powerful Setite Sorceress and one of the two heads of the Dream Court.

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Banu al - Lam'a (قبيلة من الليل) -- Lasombra

• -- Sharif Al-Lam'a -- Monarch of the Light
• -- Fatimah Al-Lam'a -- Pious Princess
• -- Suleiman ibn Abdullah -- Mullah of the Ashirra

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Banu al - Hajji (سبط حجي) -- Muslim Nosferatu

• -- Wahid Al-Mufti -- The Sacred Legalist
• -- Fahim Hussain -- Scholar of Prophesy
• -- Tayyib -- The Good Samaritan
• -- Zaahir Najm -- The Hallowed One

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Ventrue: Antonii cum Sanguine

• -- Antonius of Cairo -- Sultan of the City Victorious

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Laibon (أبو الهول) -- The Sphinx of Cairo

• -- Jubal -- Advisor to the Sultan

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