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 , . It is one of 's oldest streets and 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.
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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.

Museum
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The or Qasr Bashtak is a historic palace and in , , 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.

Mosque
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The or al-Aqmar Mosque, is a located in , 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.

Mosque
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, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a in the of the city of , 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". is situated 580 metres south of Al-Mu’izz Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.

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is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . 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 and .

Al-Mu’izz Street

Latitude
30.05089° or 30° 3′ 3″ north
Longitude
31.26158° or 31° 15′ 42″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
8G2H3726+9J
Geo­Names ID
9180127
Wiki­data ID
Q4119402
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“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”
  • Hindi: “अल-मुइज़ गली”
  • 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”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Muʼizz koʻchasi”

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