wikālat al-Ghawrī
The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in medieval Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved examples of this type of building in Cairo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: caravansary west of the al-Azhar mosque in Cairo in Egypt
- Also known as: “Wakala Al-Ghawri”, “Wakâla Al-Ghawri”, “Wakala Qansuh al-Ghawri”, “wekālat al-Ghūrī”, “Wikala al-Ghuri”, “Wikala of al-Ghuri”, “Wikala of Al-Ghuri”, “wikālat al-Ghūrī”, “Wikalet Al-Ghouri”, and “Wikalet Al-Ghuri”
- Historically known as: “an-Nakhla”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Hussein Mosque.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 170 metres east of wikālat al-Ghawrī.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 330 metres northeast of wikālat al-Ghawrī.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.
wikālat al-Ghawrī
- Categories: commercial building, caravanserai, and building
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“wikālat al-Ghawrī” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وكالة الخوري”
- Arabic: “وكالة الغوري”
- Catalan: “wikala d’al-Ghurí”
- Cebuano: “Wikala al-Ghuri”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وكالة الغورى”
- French: “Wekalet Al-Ghouri”
- French: “Wékalet al-ghouri”
- French: “Wékalet Al-Ghouri”
- French: “Wikala Al-Ghuri”
- French: “wikālaẗ al-Ġawrī”
- French: “wikālaẗ al-Ġūrī”
- French: “Okâla du sultan el-Ghouri” (historical)
- French: “Okâlat el-Nakhla” (historical)
- French: “okelle Ghauri” (historical)
- French: “Wekâla de Qansou al-Ghouri” (historical)
- German: “Wikālat al-Ghawrī”
- German: “Wikalat al-Ghuri”
- German: “Wikālat al-Ghūrī”
- Russian: “Викала аль-Гаури”
- Spanish: “Wikala Al-Ghuri”
- Spanish: “Wikala de Sultán El Ghouri”
- Swedish: “Wikala al-Ghuri”
- Ukrainian: “Вікава аль-Гурі”
- Ukrainian: “Вікава аль-Ґурі”
- Ukrainian: “Вікалет Аль-Гурі”
- Urdu: “وکالہ الغوری”
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