Al Tawheed Wal Nour (Al Geish St.)

Al Tawheed Wal Nour (Al Geish St.) is a bus stop in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Al Tawheed Wal Nour (Al Geish St.) is situated nearby to Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque, as well as near the metro station El Geish.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque and Bab Al-Nasr.

Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque

Mosque

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The Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars is a mosque located in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. Completed in 1268 CE, during by the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunduqdari through his vizier Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna and Sanjar al-Shuja‘i. Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque is situated 220 metres northwest of Al Tawheed Wal Nour (Al Geish St.).

Bab Al-Nasr

City gate

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Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier. Bab Al-Nasr is situated 720 metres south of Al Tawheed Wal Nour (Al Geish St.).

Sakakini Palace

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Habib Pasha El Sakakini Palace is a palace in the al-Zahir district of Cairo, Egypt. Built for the contractor Gabriel Habib Sakakini and completed in 1897, it stands on the site of a former lake at the meeting point of eight roads. Sakakini Palace is situated 600 metres north of Al Tawheed Wal Nour (Al Geish St.).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Daher and Islamic Cairo.

Al Daher

Neighborhood

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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.

Islamic Cairo

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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.