Al-Mu’izz Street
Al-Muizz li-Din Allah al-Fatimi Street, or al-Muizz Street for short, is a major north-to-south street in the walled city of historic Cairo, Egypt. It is one of Cairo's oldest streets as it dates back to the foundation of the city by the Fatimid dynasty in the 10th century, under their fourth caliph, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Street
- Description: street in Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as: “al-Mu’izz li-din Allah street”, “al-Muʿizz li-dīn Allâh”, and “Muizz Street”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beshtak Palace and Aqmar Mosque.
Beshtak Palace
Museum
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The Beshtak Palace or Qasr Bashtak is a historic palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt, built in the 14th century by the Mamluk amir Sayf al-Din Bashtak al-Nasiri. It is located on Shari'a al-Mu'izz, in the area known as Bayn al-Qasrayn.
Aqmar Mosque
Mosque
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The Aqmar Mosque or al-Aqmar Mosque, is a mosque located in Cairo, Egypt. Built as a neighborhood mosque by the Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi in 1125, the mosque is situated on what was once the main avenue and ceremonial heart of Cairo, known today as al-Mu'izz Street, in the immediate neighborhood of the former Fatimid caliphal palaces.
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 580 metres south of Al-Mu’izz Street.
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.
Al-Mu’izz Street
- Categories: street and transportation
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Mu’izz Street” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شارع المعز لدين الله الفاطمي”
- Arabic: “شارع المعز لدين الله”
- Bengali: “আল-মুইজ্জ স্ট্রিট”
- Chinese: “穆兹齐街”
- Chinese: “穆茲齊街”
- Dutch: “Muizz Street”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شارع المعز لدين الله”
- French: “rue muizz”
- French: “Rue muizz”
- German: “Al-Muizz-Straße”
- German: “Schāriʿ el-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh, Nordteil”
- Hebrew: “אל-מועיז”
- Indonesian: “Jalan Al-Mu’izz”
- Italian: “Via Al-Muizz”
- Persian: “خیابان معز”
- Portuguese: “Rua Al-Mu’izz”
- Spanish: “Calle Al-Muizz”
- Ukrainian: “Аль-Муїз (вулиця)”
- Ukrainian: “Аль-Муїз”
- Urdu: “شارع معز”
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