Sabil of Qaytbay (in house al-Gindi)

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funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay

Mosque

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The funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay, is an Islamic religious funerary complex located in the Northern Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt. Built by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay between 1470 and 1474, the complex consists of a mosque attached to Qaytbay's mausoleum, along with residential structures, a drinking trough for animals, and a smaller tomb.

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 1¼ km west of Sabil of Qaytbay (in house al-Gindi).

Al-Azhar Park

Park

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Al-Azhar Park is a public park in Cairo, Egypt. It is located in qism al-Darb al-Ahmar, in Historic Cairo. Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces.

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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.

Abdin

Suburb

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Abdin is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km west of Sabil of Qaytbay (in house al-Gindi).

Al Daher

Neighborhood

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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. Al Daher is situated 3 km northwest of Sabil of Qaytbay (in house al-Gindi).

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