North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Islamic Cairo

Islamic Cairo is a locality in , . Islamic Cairo is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi.

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.

Mosque
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
The Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque, also known as the Jamal al-Din Mahmud al-Istadar Mosque, is a in the al-Darb al-Ahmar area of , . It was founded by an amir called Mahmud al-Kurdi who was the ustadar or majordomo of the Mamluk Sultan Barquq.

Mosque
Photo: Nizar Barrak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, is a on , adjacent to , in , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abdin and Islamic Cairo.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
is a neighborhood in downtown . The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.

Islamic Cairo

Latitude
30.04143° or 30° 2′ 29″ north
Longitude
31.25653° or 31° 15′ 24″ east
Open location code
8G2H27R4+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 505203719
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­site
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