Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a bookstore in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Abdel Zaher is situated nearby to Al-Azhar Mosque, as well as near the historic site Madrassat Al Aayni.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bookstore
- Address: Cairo
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury.
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 Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".
Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury
Historic building
Photo: Casual Builder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in medieval Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved examples of this type of building in Cairo. Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury is situated 160 metres west of Abdel Zaher.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque or al-Husayn Mosque, also known as the Mosque of al-Imam al-Husayn and the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Husayn, is a mosque and mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, originally built in 1154, and then later reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 300 metres north of Abdel Zaher.
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.
Abdel Zaher
- Category: shop
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.0452° or 30° 2′ 43″ northLongitude
31.26246° or 31° 15′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27W6+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3149401829OpenStreetMap feature
shop=booksOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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