Bāb al-Ghawrī
Bāb al-Ghawrī is a gate in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Bāb al-Ghawrī is situated nearby to Hussein Mosque, as well as near the mosque Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 240 metres south of Bāb 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 120 metres east of Bāb al-Ghawrī.
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 150 metres north of Bāb 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.
Bāb al-Ghawrī
- Type: Gate
- Also known as: “Bab al-Ghuri”, “Bāb al-Ghūrī”, and “gate of al-Ghūrī”
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.0478° or 30° 2′ 52″ northLongitude
31.26194° or 31° 15′ 43″ eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
8G2H27X6+4QGeoNames ID
8643435
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Bāb al-Ghawrī” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب الغوري”
- French: “Bāb al-Ġawrī”
- French: “Bāb al-Ġūrī”
- French: “Khan Khalil” (historical)
- French: “porte d’al-Ghouri” (historical)
- French: “porte d’el-Ghouri” (historical)
- French: “portes historiques de Khân el-Khalîli” (historical)
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