The city of Bulaq was built at the time of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawūn in about 1330 AD, who encouraged building on land formed by the mud that remained after the Nile floods. It later became part of Cairo.
The city of Bulaq was built at the time of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawūn in about 1330 AD, who encouraged building on land formed by the mud that remained after the Nile floods. It later became part of Cairo.