Khalil Agha Military School

Khalil Agha Military School is a bus stop in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Khalil Agha Military School is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Bab Al-Mazhareya, as well as near the mosque Al-Dashtouty.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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 600 metres southeast of Khalil Agha Military School.

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 380 metres north of Khalil Agha Military School.

Al-Azhar Mosque

Mosque

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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 1½ km south of Khalil Agha Military School.

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.