Established to commemorate the foundation of Cairo by the Fatimid Caliphs in AD 969 AD (AH 358), the design of the Al-Azhar Park was extended into a number of urban rehabilitation initiatives and restoration of key monuments, providing training and jobs to thousands of Egyptians during more than two decades.
Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture
His
Highness the Aga Khan. "Preface". In Cairo
Renewing the Historic City, edited by Philip Jodidio, 7–9. Munich: Prestel,
2018.
Prestel and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture