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Biggest Cities in Medieval Egypt under Saladin with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt under Saladin with an estimated population of over 10,000 in 1190 AD?
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Population figures (mostly) according to 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler and Medieval Regions and their Cities by Josiah C. Russell. Other city populations calculated according to the size of their historical sites.
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Population
Cities
200k
Cairo
125k
Tinnis
90k
Damascus
50k
Al-Quds
(Jerusalem)
50k
Alexandria
50k
Mosul
50k
Qus
45k
Aleppo
40k
Amid
(Diyarbakır)
40k
Edessa
(Şanlıurfa)
Population
Cities
30k
Acre
30k
Erbil
25k
Asyut
25k
Raqqa
20k
Al-Bahnasa
20k
Damietta
20k
El Mahalla El Kubra
20k
Mecca
20k
Nasibin
(Nusaybin)
20k
Sana'a
Population
Cities
20k
Zabid
15k
Faiyum
15k
Harran
15k
Mansura
15k
Rosetta
10k
Aden
10k
Al-Khalil
(Hebron)
10k
Askalan
(Ashkelon)
10k
Bilbeis
10k
Damanhur
Population
Cities
10k
Fuwwah
10k
Gaza
10k
Hama
10k
Hisn Kayfah
(Hasankeyf)
10k
Homs
10k
Mardin
10k
Medina
10k
Menouf
10k
Sinjar
10k
Tripoli
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