Bāb al-Bādistān
Bāb al-Bādistān is a gate in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Bāb al-Bādistān is situated nearby to the mosque Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub, as well as near Hussein Mosque.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 270 metres southeast of Bāb al-Bādistān.
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 160 metres east of Bāb al-Bādistān.
Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub
Mosque
The Salihiyya Madrasa, also called the Madrasa and Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub is a historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in Cairo, Egypt. Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub is situated 120 metres north of Bāb al-Bādistān.
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.
Bāb al-Bādistān
- Type: Gate
- Also known as: “Bab al-Badistan” and “Bab al-Badistan al-Ghuri”
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04798° or 30° 2′ 53″ northLongitude
31.26157° or 31° 15′ 42″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8G2H27X6+5JGeoNames ID
8617655
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Bāb al-Bādistān” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب البادستان”
- French: “Bâb el-Badestân” (historical)
- French: “Khan Khalil” (historical)
- French: “porte de Badestân” (historical)
- French: “portes historiques de Khân el-Khalîli” (historical)
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