Mosque of Gani Bak al-Ashrafi

Places of Interest Nearby

Bāb Zuwaylah

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Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali. Bāb Zuwaylah is situated 350 metres north of Mosque of Gani Bak al-Ashrafi.

Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi

Mosque

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The Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque, also known as the Jamal al-Din Mahmud al-Istadar Mosque, is a mosque in the al-Darb al-Ahmar area of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It was founded by an amir called Mahmud al-Kurdi who was the ustadar or majordomo of the Mamluk Sultan Barquq. Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi is situated 210 metres north of Mosque of Gani Bak al-Ashrafi.

Al-Azhar Mosque

Mosque

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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 1 km northeast of Mosque of Gani Bak al-Ashrafi.

Places in the Area

Abdin

Suburb

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Abdin is a suburb.

Islamic Cairo

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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.

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