Bāb al Mazharīyah
Bāb al Mazharīyah is a gate in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Bāb al Mazharīyah is situated nearby to the historic building Wikala Qaitbey, as well as near the city gate Bab Al-Nasr.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bab Al-Nasr and Wikala Qaitbey.
Bab Al-Nasr
City gate
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier. Bab Al-Nasr is situated 380 metres southeast of Bāb al Mazharīyah.
Wikala Qaitbey
Historic building
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay or Wakala of Sultan Qaytbay is an urban caravanserai and rab built by Sultan al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasr Qaitbay in 1481 CE in Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt. Wikala Qaitbey is situated 350 metres southeast of Bāb al Mazharīyah.
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 Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned 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". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 1¼ km south of Bāb al Mazharīyah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Al Daher.
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.
Bāb al Mazharīyah
- Type: Gate
- Also known as: “Bab al Mazhariyah” and “Bāb al Mazhariyyah”
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05629° or 30° 3′ 23″ northLongitude
31.26187° or 31° 15′ 43″ eastElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
8G2H3746+GPGeoNames ID
7914352
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In Other Languages
“Bāb al Mazharīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب المزهرية”
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