Beshtak Palace
The Beshtak Palace or Qasr Bashtak is a historic palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt, built in the 14th century by the Mamluk amir Sayf al-Din Bashtak al-Nasiri. It is located on Shari'a al-Mu'izz, in the area known as Bayn al-Qasrayn.Photo: Casual Builder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Casual Builder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic palace and museum in Cairo
- Also known as: “Amir Bashtak Palace” and “Qasr Bashtak”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aqmar Mosque and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Aqmar Mosque
Mosque
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The Aqmar Mosque or al-Aqmar Mosque, is a mosque located in Cairo, Egypt. Built as a neighborhood mosque by the Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi in 1125, the mosque is situated on what was once the main avenue and ceremonial heart of Cairo, known today as al-Mu'izz Street, in the immediate neighborhood of the former Fatimid caliphal palaces. Aqmar Mosque is situated 130 metres north of Beshtak Palace.
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 530 metres south of Beshtak Palace.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 330 metres southeast of Beshtak Palace.
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.
Beshtak Palace
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05044° or 30° 3′ 2″ northLongitude
31.26166° or 31° 15′ 42″ eastOpen location code
8G2H3726+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 1316037821OpenStreetMap feature
building=palaceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q4896257
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Beshtak Palace” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر الأمير بشتاك”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر الامير بشتاك”
- French: “Beshtak Palais”
- German: “Palast des Prinzen Baschtak”
- Persian: “کاخ شاهزاده بشتاک”
- Russian: “Дворец Бештак”
- Spanish: “Beshtak Palacio”
- Spanish: “Palacio Beshtak”
- Turkish: “Baştak Sarayı”
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