Fustat (also Fostat, Al Fustat, Misr al-Fustat and Fustat-Misr, and in Arabic:الفسطاط‎, al-Fusţāţ, Coptic: Ⲫⲩⲥⲧⲁⲧⲱⲛ), was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule. It was built by the Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt and in all of Africa.