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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: 970, 970s architecture, 970s births, 970s books, 970s deaths, 970s establishments, 970s works, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, Al-Azhar Mosque, Oshki, Battle of Cedynia, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Battle of Arcadiopolis, Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, List of state leaders in 978, List of state leaders in 970, List of state leaders in 975, List of state leaders in 972, List of state leaders in 976, List of state leaders in 971, List of state leaders in 973, List of state leaders in 974, List of state leaders in 977, List of state leaders in 979, All Saints' Church, Earls Barton, Annales Cambriae, De velitatione bellica, Longhua Temple, Parantaka Chola II, Ibn al-Jazzar, Cathroe of Metz, Oscytel, Mstislav of Chernigov, Emma of Lesum, Siege of Dorostolon, Battle of Estercuel, Codex Vigilanus, Gerard of Florennes, Wifred II, Count of Cerdanya, Thorney Abbey, Battle of Tourtour, Regularis Concordia, Theobald I, Count of Blois, Old Minster, Winchester, Adalbert of Italy, Emnilda of Lusatia, Diego, Berno of Reichenau, St Neots Priory, Oldrich, Duke of Bohemia, Henry of Schweinfurt, Thurcytel, Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, War of the Three Henries, 970s in poetry, Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani, Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia, Battle of Gaoliang River, Battle of Pankalia, Gero II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark, Eustathios Romaios, Erenfried II. Excerpt: Al-Azhar Mosque (Arabic:, "mosque of the most resplendent") is a mosque in Islamic Cairo in Egypt. Al-Mu'izz li-D n All h of the Fatimid Caliphate commissioned its construction for the newly-established capital city in 970. Its name is usually thought to allude to the Islamic prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, a revered figure in Islam who was given the title az-Zahra ("the shining one"). It was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city that ha...