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.


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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...+

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Hosh 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...+

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Khanqah 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...+

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Maqaad 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....+

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Mausoleum 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...+

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Mausoleum 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...+

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Mausoleum 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...+

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Mausoleum 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-...+

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Mausoleum 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...+

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Qubat 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...+

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Qubbat 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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-...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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The 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-...+

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The 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...+

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The 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...+

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Tomb 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...+

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Tomb 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...+

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Tomb 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...+

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Tomb 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...+

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Tomb 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...+

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Tombs 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...+

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Tombs 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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