Gohar El Qaid
Gohar El Qaid is a neighborhood in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Gohar El Qaid is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bin El Souren, as well as near El Hamzawy.Places of Interest
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".
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.
Museum of Islamic Art
Museum
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Islamic Art is a museum in Cairo, Egypt. It is considered one of the greatest museums in the world, with its exceptional collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all periods, from all over the Islamic world.
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.
Gohar El Qaid
- Type: Neighborhood
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04959° or 30° 2′ 59″ northLongitude
31.25749° or 31° 15′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27X4+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 709569048OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Gohar El Qaid” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جوهر القائد”
Localities in the Area
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