Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury

The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in . 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.
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: caravansary west of the al-Azhar mosque in Cairo in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Wakala Al-Ghawri”, “Wakâla Al-Ghawri”, “Wikala al-Ghuri”, “Wikala of al-Ghuri”, “Wikala of Al-Ghuri”, “Wikalet Al-Ghouri”, and “Wikalet Al-Ghuri”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Hussein Mosque.

Mosque
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, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a in the of the city of , 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". is situated 170 metres east of Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury.

Mosque
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The al-Hussein Mosque is a and mausoleum, located near the bazaar in , . Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874. is situated 330 metres northeast of Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury.

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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. is situated 440 metres southwest of Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.

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is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . 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 and .

Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury

Latitude
30.04567° or 30° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
31.26087° or 31° 15′ 39″ east
Open location code
8G2H27W6+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29973724
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q3570251
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury” goes by many names.

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