Shabandar Cafe

The Shabandar Café is one of the oldest and most famous coffeehouses in , Iraq. It is located at the end of al-Mutanabbi Street near the Qushla.
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  • Type: Café
  • Description: one of the most famous cafes in Baghdad, located at the end of Al-Mutanabbi Street near the Al-Qashla building
  • Also known as: “Shabandar Café”
  • Address: 35 شارع المتنبي

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Baghdad Museum and Mutasarfiya Baghdad.

Museum
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The Baghdadi Museum is a local history museum and a tourist landmark located in and about the capital city of , . It was established in 1970. is situated 140 metres east of Shabandar Cafe.

Ruins
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is a ruins.

Mosque
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The is a Sunni , located in the district of , in the of . The mosque was built by the Wazir of Baghdad Hassan Pasha in 1599 CE during the Ottoman era. is situated 130 metres south of Shabandar Cafe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab Al-Moatham and Bab Al-Sharqi.

Suburb
Bab al-Mu'adham is a prominent landmark in , . Bab al-Mu'adham was previously and historically one of the gates of Baghdad during the Ottoman Empire, leading to the mosque of Abu Hanifa, a renowned Islamic scholar.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of central , . It is bordered with Shorja and Bataween. The area surrounding market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq.

Quarter
or Waziriyah is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, . It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah. is situated 3 km north of Shabandar Cafe.

Shabandar Cafe

Latitude
33.34035° or 33° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
44.38806° or 44° 23′ 17″ east
Open location code
8H5689RQ+46
Open­Street­Map ID
way 928718264
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­cafe
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q20424692
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Shabandar Cafe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقهى الشابندر”
  • Arabic: “مقهى الشهداء”
  • French: “Café Shabandar”
  • Macedonian: “Кафуле Шабандар”
  • Slovenian: “Kavarna Al-Šabandar”
  • Turkish: “Şabandar Kafe”

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