Editing Fatimid dynasty (section)

===Conquest of Egypt and move of the capital to Cairo===
Al-Mu'izz was an excellent planner and organizer, and the state he inherited had regained internal stability, after the turmoils of Abu Yazid's revolt.{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=156}} His early reign saw successes against the Byzantines, where the last remaining Byzantine strongholds were extinguished with the [[Siege of Rometta|Fall of Rometta]] in 965,{{sfn|Daftary|2007|pp=144–145}} as well as the reconquest of the western Maghreb by the Fatimid general [[Jawhar (general)|Jawhar]] in 958–960, temporarily expelling Umayyad influence from the region and extending Fatimid rule to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.{{sfn|Daftary|2007|pp=156–157}}

After these successes, al-Mu'izz once again turned to the abandoned project of the conquest of Egypt. Meticulous military and political preparations were undertaken, and the agents of the Isma'ili {{transliteration|ar|da'wa}} engaged to promote the Fatimid cause in Egypt and suborn officials of the weakened [[Ikhshidid]] regime.{{sfn|Canard|1965|p=853}}{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=158}} As a result, when the Fatimid army under Jawhar [[Fatimid conquest of Egypt|arrived in Egypt]] in summer 969, it faced little organized resistance. Jawhar entered the Egyptian capital, [[Fustat]], in July 969, and claimed the country for his master.{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=159}} Immediately he began establishing a new capital city near Fustat, which came to be known as {{transliteration|ar|al-Qahira al-Mu'izziyya}} ('the Victorious One of al-Mu'izz'), modern [[Cairo]].{{sfn|Halm|2014}}

Jawhar governed Egypt for the next four years as viceroy of al-Mu'izz, restoring the country's finances.{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=161}} It was not until August 972 that al-Mu'izz left Ifriqiya, appointing the Berber [[Buluggin ibn Ziri]] as his viceroy there. In June 973, the Fatimid court arrived in Egypt and al-Mu'izz took up residence in Cairo.{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=162}}