Mausoleum of Aga Khan
The Mausoleum of Aga Khan is the mausoleum of Aga Khan III. The mausoleum is located at Aswan along the Nile of Egypt, since Egypt was formerly the centre of power of the Fatimids, an Ismaili Shia dynasty.Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tomb
- Description: mausoleum at the west bank of Aswan, Egypt
- Also known as: “Aga Khan Mausoleum” and “Agha Khan mausoleum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elephantine and El Nabatat Island.
Elephantine
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
El Nabatat Island
Islet
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It is less than a kilometer long and its width is less than ½ a kilometer. The Aswan Botanical Garden is located on the island.
Pyramid of Elefantine
The pyramid of Elephantine is part of a group of seven very similar small step pyramids, along with the pyramids at Edfu South, el-Kula, Naqada, Zawyet el-Maiyitin, Seila, and Sinki. Pyramid of Elefantine is situated 740 metres southeast of Mausoleum of Aga Khan.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 4½ km south of Mausoleum of Aga Khan.
Wadi Kubbaniya
Locality
Wadi Kubbaniya is a Late Paleolithic site in Upper Egypt. Archaeologists initially believed that the site held evidence for some of the earliest examples of agriculture. Wadi Kubbaniya is situated 10 km west of Mausoleum of Aga Khan.
Mausoleum of Aga Khan
- Categories: mausoleum, building, historic site, and burial
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.08829° or 24° 5′ 18″ northLongitude
32.87883° or 32° 52′ 44″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ3VQH+8GOpenStreetMap ID
way 300665266OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q959631
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Mausoleum of Aga Khan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضريح أغا خان”
- Arabic: “ضريح الأغا خان”
- Catalan: “Mausoleu de l’Aga Khan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح اغا خان”
- French: “mausolée de l’Aga Khan”
- French: “Mausolée de l’Aga Khan”
- German: “Agha-Khan-Mausoleum”
- Russian: “мавзолей Ага-хана”
- Spanish: “Mausoleo del Aga Khan”
- Tamil: “ஆகா கானின் கல்லறை”
- Urdu: “مقبرہ آغا خان”
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