Bait al-Shabsiri
Bait al-Shabsiri is a house in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Bait al-Shabsiri is situated nearby to Bāb Zuwaylah, as well as near the mosque Zawiya-Sabil Faraj Ibn Barquq.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh.
Bāb Zuwaylah
Photo: JMCC1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali. Bāb Zuwaylah is situated 130 metres west of Bait al-Shabsiri.
jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh
Mosque
Photo: Nizar Barrak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, is a mosque on al-Mu'izz Street, adjacent to Bab Zuwayla, in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. The complex was built between 1415 and 1421, under the rule of the Mamluk sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, from whom it takes its name. jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh is situated 160 metres west of Bait al-Shabsiri.
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 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 460 metres northeast of Bait al-Shabsiri.
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.
Bab al-Louq
Suburb
Bab al-Louq is a neighborhood in downtown Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. Bab al-Louq square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.
Bait al-Shabsiri
- Type: House
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04301° or 30° 2′ 35″ northLongitude
31.25911° or 31° 15′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27V5+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1296547830OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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In Other Languages
“Bait al-Shabsiri” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيت الشبشيري”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zawiya-Sabil Faraj Ibn Barquq and Al-Fakahani Mosque.
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