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List Of Buildings In Cairo
This is a list of buildings in Cairo, Egypt. Ancient sites and monuments * Giza Pyramids * Senusret I Obelisk (Heliopolis Obelisk) Museums *Egyptian Museum *Coptic Museum * Grand Egyptian Museum (under construction) * Museum of Islamic Art * Museum of Islamic Ceramics * Gayer-Anderson Museum * Mostafa Kamel Museum Religious buildings ;Muslim * Abu al-'Ila Mosque *Al-Azhar Mosque *Al-Hakim Mosque *Al-Hussein Mosque *Al-Rifa'i Mosque *Aqmar Mosque * Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque) * Demerdash Mosque * Ibn Tulun Mosque *Juyushi Mosque * Khanqah of Baybars II *Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq * Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay *Lulua Mosque *Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban * Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di (Mausoleum of Hasan Sadaqa, Mawlawiyya Museum) *Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya *Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i *Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi * Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish *Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu * Mosque and Mausoleum of Sultan Qaytbay * Mosque and Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأزهر, al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit=The Resplendent Congregational Mosque, arz, جامع الأزهر, Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned by Jawhar al-Siqilli shortly after Cairo was established as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Its name is usually thought to derive from ''az-Zahrāʾ'' (meaning "the shining one"), a title given to Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad. After its dedication in 972, and with the hiring by mosque authorities of 35 scholars in 989, the mosque slowly developed into what is today the second oldest continuously run university in the world after Al Karaouine in Idrisid Fes. Al-Azhar University has long been regarded as the foremost institution in the Islamic world for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa Of Umm Al-Sultan Sha'ban
The Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban ( ar, مدرسة أم السلطان شعبان, Madrasa Umm al-Sulṭān Shaʿbān) is a Mamluk-era complex located in the Al-Darb al-Ahmar area of Islamic Cairo in Egypt. It was founded or built in 1368-69 CE (770 AH) on the order of Sultan al-Ashraf Sha'ban in honour of his mother, Khawand Baraka (also referred to as Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban). It is located outside Bab Zuweila along al-Tabbana street, and is adjoined to the north by the Bayt al-Razzaz palace. The complex is made up of a college (madrasa), mausoleum, water trough (''hawd''), and a primary school ('' maktab''). Historical background Al-Ashraf Sha'ban was a grandson of al-Nasir Muhammad and ruled from 1363 to 1377, being only 10 years old when he came to the throne. His mother, Khawand Baraka, was one of the most notable powerful women in Egypt at this time. She was concubine then wife to Husayn (Sha'ban's father), a son of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad who never rose to the throne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lulua Mosque
The Lulua Mosque or al-Lu'lu'a Mosque ( ar, مسجد اللؤلؤة, Masjid al-Lu'lu'a, Mosque of the Pearl) is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt, that was built in 1015–16 AD. It was constructed during the reign of the third Fatimid caliph, al-Hakim, in the Fatimid architectural style. The mosque was almost-fully collapsed in 1919, but was later refurbished in 1998 by the Dawoodi Bohras, who trace their religious lineage to the Fatimid Caliphate's Shia Islam. It is located in the southern cemetery in the Moqattam hills. Geography The mosque is located near the southern cemetery of the Muqattam Hills, a low range of hills to the east of Cairo. It has an average height of with the highest peak at above sea level. It is divided into three sections. The highest segment is a low mountain landform called Moqattam Mountain. It was an important ancient Egyptian quarry site for limestone, used in construction of mosques and churches. The Lulua Mosque was also built with this limestone. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanqah-Mausoleum Of Sultan Barsbay
The Khanqah and Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay or Complex of Sultan Barsbay is an Islamic funerary complex built by Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in 1432 CE in the historic Northern Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt. In addition to its overall layout and decoration, it is notable for the first stone domes in Cairo to be carved with geometric star patterns. Historical background Sultan al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Barsbay ruled from 1422 to 1438 CE, a relatively long reign for the standards of the Mamluk period in Egypt. During that time, he built at least three notable buildings: the Madrasa of Barsbay, built in 1423-24 (near the beginning of his reign) on al-Muizz Street; his mausoleum complex in the Northern Cemetery, described on this page; and a Friday mosque in the town of al-Khanqa, north of Cairo, in 1437. He apparently had a reputation simultaneously for being greedy and bad-tempered but also for being generous to the poor and to Sufis (the latter tendency being evident in this mau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanqah Of Faraj Ibn Barquq
The Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq ( ar, خانقاه فرج ابن برقوق) is a religious Islamic funerary complex built by the Mamluk Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq from 1400 to 1411 CE. It is located in Cairo, Egypt, in the Northern Cemetery which is a part of Cairo's historic necropolis districts. It is often considered one of the most accomplished works of Mamluk architecture in Cairo, and one of the major monuments of the Northern Cemetery district. Historical background Sultan Faraj's monument is considered by many, including Mamluk historians, to be one of the finest buildings of Mamluk architecture in Cairo. Its creation is considered all the more remarkable considering that Faraj's reign was characterized by political unrest, destruction, and economic difficulties. Faraj was unable to prevent devastating incursions by Timur (Tamerlane) into Syria (starting in 1400), and he was deposed briefly in 1405 before regaining the throne. His critics held him responsible for finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanqah Of Baybars II
The Khanqah of Baybars II is a medieval building located on historic Sharia Gamaliya in Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1306 and 1310 in the medieval Islamic Cairo to accommodate four hundred Sufis and children of the Mamluk Sultanate. This is the oldest ''khanqah'' or convent that has survived in modern Cairo. Builder Baibars al-Jashankir () or Baibars II (d.1310, Cairo) (royal name: al-Malik al-Muzaffar Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Jashankir al-Mansuri; Arabic: الملك المظفر ركن الدين بيبرس الجاشنكير المنصورى) (Nickname: Abu al-Fath (Arabic: أبوالفتح)), was known as al-gashankir, "the taster", a court position he held at one point. He served as the Atabek of Egypt and after the death of Emir Salar, he became the Sultan of Egypt in 1309. He sponsored lavish decoration of the building. Building Within the confines of the irregular site, the various functions of the Khanqah were interwoven into an architecturally rich building complex. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juyushi Mosque
The Juyushi Mosque ( ar, الجامع الجيوشى, lit=Mosque of the Armies) was built by the vizier Badr al-Jamali who was ''Amir al-Juyush'' ( ar, امير الجيوش, lit=Commander of the Armies) for the Fatimid Caliphate. The mosque was completed in 478 AH/1085 CE under the patronage of Imam-Caliph al-Mustansir Billah. It was built on an end of the Mokattam to ensure a view of Cairo. In the Ottoman period, the mosque was probably used by Sufis as a monastery. Features The foundation of the mosque has an inscription which identifies the structure as a mazar ( ar, مشهد , lit=shrine). The mosque has one dome and a minaret. There is a small courtyard in the center of the mosque. The entrance is a door to the minaret situated besides the prayer hall. There are 2 rooms, one on each side of the minaret. The minaret is a rectangular shaft with a second receding story. On this, there is a dome similar to the one above the mihrab. The Minaret is embellished with muqarnas co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosque Of Ibn Tulun
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun ( ar, مسجد إبن طولون, Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the oldest mosques in Egypt as well as the whole of Africa surviving in its full original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area. It is built around an open square courtyard which allows natural light to travel through. Ibn Tulun Mosque features ancient architecture styles of Egypt, its decorations being created from carved stucco and wood. This mosque is a popular tourist attraction. Construction history The mosque was commissioned by the Tulunid dynasty ruler Ahmad ibn Tulun, the Abbasid governor of Egypt from 868–884 whose rule was characterized by de facto independence. It was designed by the prominent Egyptian architect, Saiid Ibn Kateb Al-Farghany ( ar, سعيد بن كاتب الفرغاني), who was an Orthodox Christian, the same engineer who designed the Nilometer. The historian al-Maqrizi lists the mosque's construction st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demerdash Mosque
Demerdash Mosque ( ar, مسجد الدمرداش) is a historical mosque built during the Mamluk era in Cairo, Egypt. It is located in the district of Al-Wayli, Abbassia, next to the Demerdash Hospital, part of the Ain Shams University. The mosque is named after Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Al-Amir, known as Shaykh Demerdash, who is buried in the mosque. History The mosque was built in the early 16th century during the Mamluk era of Egypt. The original land where the mosque was built on was a gift from Sultan Qaytbay to thank Sidi Demerdash for his service. A mosque was built there for him. When the Ottomans arrived in 1524, Sidi Demerdash died and he was buried in the corner of the mosque. During the French occupation of Egypt, the Demerdash Mosque and surrounding buildings were plundered by the French troops. Architecture The area of the main mosque building is approximately 110 (11 x 10) square metres. The mosque is topped with an onion dome which has sixteen small openings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqsunqur Mosque
The Aqsunqur Mosque ( ar, مسجد آق, tr, Aksungur Camii; also known as the Blue Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأزرق, tr, Mavi Cami) or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha ( ar, مسجد إبراهيم أغا مستحفظان, tr, İbrahim Ağa Camii) is located in Cairo, Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter (Darb al-Ahmar district) in Islamic Cairo, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Cairo. The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan. History Construction under Mamluks The mosque was built in 1347 on the orders of the '' emir'' ("prince") Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur during the reign of the Mamluk sultan, al-Muzaffar Hajji.Behrens-Abouseif, p.115. Aqsunqur was the son-in-law of former sultan an-Nasir Muham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqmar Mosque
The Aqmar Mosque (), was built in Cairo, Egypt, as a neighborhood mosque by the Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi in 1125-6 CE (519 Hijri). The mosque is situated on what was once the main avenue and ceremonial heart of Cairo, known today as Muizz Street, al-Mu'izz Street, in the immediate neighborhood of the former Fatimid Great Palaces, Fatimid caliphal palaces. The mosque is an important monument of Fatimid architecture and of Islamic Cairo, historic Cairo due to the exceptional decoration of its exterior façade and the innovative design of its floor plan. History The mosque was built by the Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi, who served in this position from 1121 to 1125 under the Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, Caliph al-Amir. He served during a period of great political and spiritual crisis for the Fatimid Caliphate, not long after the sudden incursion of the First Crusade. He initiated a number of reforms and revived the ceremonial aspects of the caliphate, both at cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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