Mashiakhat Al-Azhar
Mashiakhat Al-Azhar is a building in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Mashiakhat Al-Azhar is situated nearby to the square Midan Hussein, as well as near Al-Azhar Mosque.Photo: Francesco Gasparetti, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Hussein Mosque.
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 110 metres south of Mashiakhat Al-Azhar.
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 140 metres north of Mashiakhat Al-Azhar.
Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury
Historic building
Photo: Casual Builder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in medieval Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved examples of this type of building in Cairo. Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury is situated 210 metres southwest of Mashiakhat Al-Azhar.
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.
Mashiakhat Al-Azhar
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “Al-Azhar Administration Building”, “Al-Azhar Mashyakhah”, and “Azhar Administration Building”
- Category: administrative building
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04668° or 30° 2′ 48″ northLongitude
31.26276° or 31° 15′ 46″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27W7+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 29836388OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q130307987
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In Other Languages
“Mashiakhat Al-Azhar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إدارة الأزهر”
- Arabic: “مبنى مشيخة الأزهر القديم”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Midan Hussein and سيدنا الحسين.
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