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Palace Of Yashbak
Palace of Yashbak, also known as the Palace of Amir Qawsun, is a semi-ruined palace in Islamic Cairo, Medieval Cairo, Egypt, originally built between 1330 and 1337 CE for the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk ''amir'' (high official) known as Qawsun. It was restored and expanded again in the 1480s by the ''amir'' Yashbak min Mahdi under the reign of Sultan Qaitbay, Qaytbay. History The palace was built between 1330 and 1337 for amir Qawsun (full name: ''Sayf ad-Din Qawsun ibn Abdullah an-Nasiri as-Saqi'') just north-west of Cairo Citadel, Cairo's Citadel, in an area outside the main walled city which was developed during the prosperous reign of Sultan An-Nasir Muhammad, al-Nasir Muhammad. This area was once home to many such palaces of amirs and other powerful Mamluks, but Qawsun's palace is one of the few remaining examples today (along with the nearby Amir Taz Palace, Palace of Amir Taz). Qawsun's palace was actually commissioned by Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad himself for the benef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of largest cities in the Arab world, the Arab world, and List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is List of largest cities, one of the largest in the world by population with over 22.1 million people. The area that would become Cairo was part of ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis, Egypt, Memphis and Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Heliopolis are near-by. Located near the Nile Delta, the predecessor settlement was Fustat following the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 next to an existing ancient Roman empire, Roman fortress, Babylon Fortress, Babylon. Subsequently, Cairo was founded by the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid dynasty in 969. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunqur Sa'di
Sonqor () is a city in the Central District of Sonqor County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is in the Zagros Mountains, about 90 kilometers from the province's capital city Kermanshah, and consists of two valleys; that of Gavehrud and Shajarud. Sonqor lies between the modern cities of Kangavar and Sanandaj. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,184 in 11,377 households. The following census in 2011 counted 44,954 people in 13,228 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 44,256 people in 13,996 households. Etymology The name Sonqor may derive from the Turkic chief Sonqor. Geography and history In medieval Iran, Sonqor was situated on the road that ran between Dinavar and Adharbaydjan. The orientalist Vladimir Minorsky (died 1966) argued that Sonqor must have therefore corresponded approximately to the first ''marḥala'' on the stretch f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saliba Street
Saliba Street, () is one of the old main streets in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It runs from the Cairo Citadel in the north to the Mosque of Ibn Tulun in the south. The street is the site of many old buildings, including schools, mosques, hospitals, and mausoleums. Saliba Street is the location of the largest mosque in Cairo, Ibn Tulun Mosque, which is one of the few remaining Abbasid Mosques found in Cairo after the burning of the Fustat. Monuments of the Street *Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque *Gayer-Anderson Museum *Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli *Madrasa of Sarghatmish See also *Muizz Street *History of Egypt References Saliba Street, Streets in Cairo Tourist attractions in Cairo Open-air museums in Egypt Medieval Cairo {{Egypt-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamluk Architecture In Cairo
Mamluk or Mamaluk (; (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and administrative duties, serving the ruling Arab and Ottoman dynasties in the Muslim world. The most enduring Mamluk realm was the knightly military class in medieval Egypt, which developed from the ranks of slave-soldiers. Originally the Mamluks were slaves of Turkic origins from the Eurasian Steppe, but the institution of military slavery spread to include Circassians, Abkhazians, Georgians, Armenians, Russians, and Hungarians, as well as peoples from the Balkans such as Albanians, Greeks, and South Slavs (''see'' Saqaliba). They also recruited from the Egyptians. The "Mamluk/Ghulam Phenomenon", as David Ayalon dubbed the creation of the specific warrior class, was of great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
