Mausoleums in Cairo
Besides having the most ancient tombs in the world, Cairo hold a big collection of Tombs and Mausoleums of Kings, Sultans, and Princes of all Islamic periods of its history. Fatimide, Ayyubid, Mamelouk and Otoman Mausoleums are scattered in the old city claiming the excellence and uniqueness of its style and art.
Articles about Mausoleums in Cairo
Khanqah and Mausoleum of Emir Qawsun
The Khanqah and Mausoleum of Emir Qawsun lies in El Qaderya Street off El Sayyida Eisha square. It was erected by Emir Qawsun who was the husband of...+
Read MoreHosh El Pasha or The Cemetery of Mohamed Ali Family
The cemetery of Hosh El-Pasha or Tomb of Mohamed Ali Family locates nearby the Square of Imam El-Shafey . It was established by Ibrahim Pash...+
Read MoreKhanqah and Tomb of Shahin El Khalawaty
Shahin El Khalawaty Khanqah and Tomb lies in El-Sayyida Eisha Square nearby the mosque of El Lulua. It was established by Shahin El Khalawaty who wa...+
Read MoreMaqaad of Emir Mamay El-Sayfi
The Maqaad of Mamay El-Sayfy situates in Maydan Bait El-Qadi next to the remains of another palace that date back to the Mamluk period also....+
Read MoreMausoleum of Abdullah El-Dakrury
The Mausoleum of Abdullah El-Dakrury locates in El-Imam El-Shafey Street. It was erected by an ordinary man called Abdullah El-Dakrury who w...+
Read MoreMausoleum of Emir Qurqumas
The Tomb of Qurqumas locates in the area of the Eastern Mamluk Necropolis. This mausoleum was mainly standing next to the entrance of the Mo...+
Read MoreMausoleum of Imam El-Shafey
The Mausoleum of Imam El-Shafey lies 600 meters away from a square that carries his name, on the right side of the façade of El-Imam...+
Read MoreMausoleum of Shayk Suud El-Rifai
The Tomb of Shaykh Suud El-Rifai lies on the left side of Suq El-Selah Street in El Darb El Ahmar District. It stands opposite to the House-...+
Read MoreMausoleum of Yunus El-Dewedar
The Mausoleum of Yunus El-Dewedar lies in Maydan El-Qalaa or the Citadel Square close to the Hod of Shaykhu . It was established by Yunus El...+
Read MoreQubat Safi El Din
Qubet Safy El Din or the dome of Safy El Din is one of the remarkable domes in Cairo. It is admired for the finely carved stalactites in its lower p...+
Read MoreQubbat Mabad El-Rifaey
The Zawiya or Mabbad of El-Rifaey locates in the El-Sultan Ahmed Street next to the Tomb of the Seven Maidens or El-Saba Banat. There is no...+
Read MoreThe Cenotaph of Khadiga in Cairo
The Cenotaph of Khadiga locates in El-Khalifa Street opposite to the tomb of the Abbasid Caliphs. The tomb stands as a white marble cenotaph that da...+
Read MoreThe Gate, Tomb and Takiya of El-Gulshani
The Gate, Tomb, and Takiya of El-Gulshani situates in Bab Zuwayla Street. The complex was constructed by Ibrahim El-Gulshani, a Sufi Shaykh...+
Read MoreThe Mashhad of Yahya El-Shabihi
The Mashhad or Cemetery of Yahya El-Shabihy lies in El-Imam Elleithy Street few meters away from the tomb of his sister Umm Kulthum. Behind this Mas...+
Read MoreThe Mausoleum of Abu Al Yussufayn
The Mausoleum of Abu El-Yusufayn lies in Suq El-Selah Street 30 meters from the place where Suq El-Selah Street joins Sharia El-Tebbana. It...+
Read MoreThe Mausoleum of Ahmed El-Qazid
The Mausoleum of Ahmed El Qazid locates in Bab El-Nasr Street few meters away from the Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay . The mausoleum encloses the...+
Read MoreThe Mausoleum of El-Afifi or Muhammad Tawfiq Pasha
The Mausoleum of El-Afifi or Muhammad Tawfik Pasha locates in El-Suq Street nearby the entrance of the Complex of Qaytbay . This royal mausoleum w...+
Read MoreThe Mausoleum of Emir Qarasunqur in Bab El Nasr
The Mausoleum of Emir Qarasunqur locates in El Gamaliya Street off Bab El-Nasr Street. This funerary complex was founded by Qarasunqur...+
Read MoreThe Mausoleum of Ragab El-Shirazi
The Mausoleum of Ragab El-Shirazi locates in Salah El Din Square nearby the Citadel . It stands above a hill in that area and adjacent to a...+
Read MoreThe Mausoleum of Sultan Qunsuwa Abu Said
The Tomb of Qunsuwa Abu Said locates in El-Sultan Ahmed Street few meters away from El-Azhar Street. This mausoleum was erected by Qunsuwa A...+
Read MoreThe Mausoleum of the Ikhwat Yusuf
Mausoleum of the Ikhwat Yusuf lies in Sidi Galal Street in El-Sayyida Eisha Square. The tomb was built in the Fatimid period commemorating t...+
Read MoreThe Mausoleum-Khanqah-Madrasa of Salar and Sangar Al-Gawli
The Mausoleum-Khanqah of Salar and Sangar El-Gawli lies next to Qalat El-Kabsh. It was founded by the Mamluk Karasonkor El-Mansouri. It incl...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Ali Badr El-Din El-Qarafi
The tomb of Ali Badr El Din El-Qarafi lies in Sidi Gala Street nearby the Mausoleum of Emir Qawsun . It was built in the Bahri Mamluk pe...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Emir Gani Bak
The Tomb of Gani Beck lies in Qobet El-Ashraf Street 100 meters away from Sultan Farag Complex in the Northern Cemetery. This mausol...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Emir El-Muzaffar Alam El-Din Sangar
The Tomb of Emir El-Muzaffar Alam El-Din Sangar lies in El-Helmia Street nearby the Mosque of Ulmas . It was established b...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of El-Hasawati
The tomb of El-Hasawaty lies in Darb El-Bast near by El-Imam El-Shafey Square. It was constructed by El-Hasawaty in the reign of Sul...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Khadiga Umm El-Ashraf Barsbay
The Tomb of Khadiga Umm El-Ashraf situates in El-Wakkad Street, surrounded by a number of modern houses. There is no accurate inscri...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Fatima Khatun or Umm El-Salih
The tomb of Fatima Khatun or Umm El-Saleh locates in El-Ashraf Street few meters southward the Fatimid tombs. Sultan El-Mansour Qala...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Emir Tashtimur
The Tomb of Tashtimur is about 150 meters downward the side street of El-Daramally few meters away from the entrance of Sultan Qaytb...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Emir Tankizbugha El Maridani
The tomb of Emir Tankizbugha is few meters down to the Street of Sidi Galal in El-Sayyida Eisha square. It was established by Tankizbu...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Emir Guzal
The Tomb of Guzal lies in the area of the Eastern Mamluk Necropolis 120 meters away from the corner of El-Sultan Ahmed Street. This...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Khwand Urdutakin
The Tomb of Khwand Urdutakin lies in the area of Mamluk cemetery or Qarafet El-Mamalik El-Sharkiya. It was constructed by Sultan El-...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Princess Tulbay El Nasserya
The Tomb of Princess Tulbeya locates in El-Sultan Ahmed Street next to the Tomb of Umm Anuk . This tomb belongs to Princess Tulbeya and...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Sulayman Pasha El-Faransawi
Sulayman Pasha was a French colonel named Seves, who migrated to Egypt with many other European that served as advisers and technici...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Shagarat El-Durr
The tomb of Shagarat El-Durr lies 100 meters away from El-Seyufia Street. It was established by Shagarat El-Durr who was the wife of the las...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Umm Anuk (Princess Tughay)
The Tomb of Umm Anuk locates in the intersection of El-Sultan Ahmed Street with one of the side street next to the Tomb of...+
Read MoreThe Tomb of Umm Kulthum
The Tomb of Umm Kulthum situates in El-Imam Elleithy Street few meters away from Yehia El-Shabihy Mausoleum in El-Imam El-...+
Read MoreThe Tombs of Ali beck El-Kabir and Ismail Beck El-Kabir
The Tombs of Ali Beck El-Kabir and Ismail Beck El-Kabir locate in El-Imam El-Shafey Square few meters away from Hosh Moham...+
Read MoreThe Tombs of Nasrallah and Azrumuk
The Tomb of Nasrallah and the Tomb of Azrumuk locate in the Eastern Mamluk Necropolis about 90 meters away from the corner of El-Sul...+
Read MoreTomb of El-Sawabi
The tomb of El-Sawabi lies in El-Sayyida Eisha square close to the Tomb of Sudun . It was erected in the Bahri Mamluk period by El-Sawabi wh...+
Read MoreTomb of Hasan Sadaqa
The Tomb of Hassan Sadaqa locates in El Helmeia St, off El Seyufia extension. This tomb is a part of a complete complex that consists of a M...+
Read MoreTomb of Sudun
The tomb of Emir Sudun lies in the cemetery of the Sayyeda Eisha area. The tomb was constructed by Emir Sudun who was Emir Majlis at the t...+
Read MoreTomb of Shaykh Sinan
The Tomb of Shaykh Sinan stands in one of the corners of Darb Qormoz Street, few meters away from Qasr Bashtak . There is no enough informat...+
Read MoreTomb of the Abbasid Caliphs
The Tomb of Abbasid Caliphs lies next to the Mosque of Sayyida Nafisa in El Khalifa Street. It was erected by the Abbasid caliph's Ambassador in Egy...+
Read MoreTombs of Sayyida Atika and Mohamed El Gafari
The Tombs of Sayyida Atika and Muhammad El-Gafari lies on the other side of El- Seyufia Street where the tomb of Shagarat El-Durr exists and...+
Read MoreTombs of Emir Barsbay El-Bagassi and Emir Sulayman
The Tomb of Barsbay El-Bagassi locates in the intersection of El-Sultan Ahmed Street with another side street, next to the Tomb of Asfur. It...+
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