Castle of Saladin in Cairo

After Salah al-Di overthrew the Fatimid caliphate ad Egypt re-established the Abbasid Caliphate. He bega to prepare for cofrotig the Crusaders politically ad militarily. Egypt was the corerstoe of Saladi i his defese system agaist the Crusaders, thus providig them with the greatest isurace ad protectio. The four capitals (Fustat, Ad Cairo) with a huge stoe wall, ad the custom of the people of Sham ad Iraq decided to have a castle to provide soldiers defedig the city safe have ad have the ability to withstad log periods of siege, ad chose Salah al-Di the locatio of the castle top Mout Mokattam for the safety of his height ad height Ad the Miister of Defese Bahaauddi Qaraqosh completed the costructio of the military sectio ad the cotaied circular towers ad fortified walls, which is curretly overlookig Salah Salem Street, icludig the towers of Tarfa, Karkilia ad the airport. The residetial sectio was completed durig the reig of Kig Kamel, Such as: Sariat al-Jabal Mosque, Al-asir Muhammad ib Qalawu Mosque, Muhammad Ali Mosque, ad several museums such as the Police Museum, the Museum of Vehicles ad the Military Museum. The castle was the seat of the rule of Egypt from the Ayyubid era util the era of Khedive Ismail, who trasferred the seat of the govermet to the palace of Abdee, kow as the researchers i the Cairo area Khedive (the ceter of the coutry).