Agha Khan Tomb
Agha Khan Tomb is a monument in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Agha Khan Tomb is situated nearby to the tomb Mausoleum of Aga Khan, as well as near the protected area Monastery of St. Simeon.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mausoleum of Aga Khan and Elephantine.
Mausoleum of Aga Khan
Tomb
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mausoleum of Aga Khan is the mausoleum of Aga Khan III. The mausoleum is located at Aswan along the Nile of Egypt, since Egypt was formerly the centre of power of the Fatimids, an Ismaili Shia dynasty.
Elephantine
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
El Nabatat Island
Islet
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It is less than a kilometer long and its width is less than ½ a kilometer. The Aswan Botanical Garden is located on the island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 4½ km south of Agha Khan Tomb.
Wadi Kubbaniya
Locality
Wadi Kubbaniya is a Late Paleolithic site in Upper Egypt. Archaeologists initially believed that the site held evidence for some of the earliest examples of agriculture. Wadi Kubbaniya is situated 10 km west of Agha Khan Tomb.
Agha Khan Tomb
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.08828° or 24° 5′ 18″ northLongitude
32.87884° or 32° 52′ 44″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ3VQH+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 540656368OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Agha Khan Tomb” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قبر آغا خان”
- French: “Mausolée Aga Khan”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monastery of St. Simeon and Pyramid of Elefantine.
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