Explanation

Jamia Al-Azhar is located in Cairo, Egypt.

The Mosque of al-Azhar was founded by Jawhar al-Siqilly, the Fatimid conqueror of Egypt, in 970 as the congregational mosque for the new city of al-Qahira.

The first khutba was delivered from its minbar in 972.

A university was established there in 988.