Persian Muslim traveler and Ismaili spy Nasier Khusraw's (Doc #3) report on Cairo depicts a vivid prosperous image of the Muslim city of Cairo as an active trading city, with all the services like caravansaries for caravan traders and the two thousand ships belonged to the Sultan, shows that Muslim cities at that time period were on the trade routes and were important in keeping trades going. ... Whatever specific roles these cities each played, they were all politically important respect to the whole Muslim societies and Muslim world for they were "throne of the Caliphate" and "heart...

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