Biggest Cities in the Fatimid Caliphate with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the biggest cities with an estimated population of over 10,000 in the Fatimid Caliphate at its peak in the late 10th century?

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Both historical and modern-day names accepted.

Sources used for population estimates listed in this Pastebin.

Some of these settlements no longer exist and have since been abandoned.

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Population	City
135k	Fustat / Cairo
80k	Kairouan
80k	Tinnis
75k	Balarm (Palermo)
60k	Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)
50k	Damascus
45k	Qus
35k	Alexandria
35k	Mahdia

Population	City
35k	Mecca
30k	Fez
25k	Ramla
20k	Al-Bahnasa
20k	Constantine
20k	Damietta
20k	Sijilmasa
18k	El Mahalla El Kubra
15k	Achir

Population	City
15k	Acre
15k	Faiyum
15k	Gabès
15k	Mansouria
15k	Rosetta
15k	Sousse
15k	Tunis
12k	Tiberias
12k	Tripoli

Population	City
11k	Bilbeis
10k	Basra al-Hamra
10k	Algiers
10k	Damanhur
10k	Monastir
10k	Minuf al-Ulyah (Menouf)
10k	Sfax
10k	Tahert
10k	Tripoli

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