Yusuf bin Ayoub bin Shadhi

His name is Yusuf bin Ayoub bin Shadhi, and among his titles are Salah al-Dunya and al-Din, Sultan of Islam and Muslims, Abu al-Muzaffar, al-Malik al-Nasir, collector of the word of faith, a promoter of justice and charity, and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, as described by the judge of Jerusalem and the soldiers […]

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The water aqueducts

The water aqueducts Al-Qanatir is a type of bridge that was closely linked to the streets in Cairo during the nineteenth century A.D. and before, and through them, it is possible to pass from one street to another or from one neighbourhood to another. If the watercourses interrupted that, and the two main streams in […]

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The Crown of Mosques, Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque

The Crown of Mosques, Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque The Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque is the second mosque erected in Egypt after the Sadat Quraish Mosque in Belbeis, Sharkia Governorate. It was established in Fustat by the great Companion Amr Ibn Al-Aas. May God be pleased with him, in the year 21 AH, 641 AD, after […]

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The Mosque of Sultan Hassan School (dates and numbers)

Sultan Hassan School (dates and numbers) The establishment of this great school was ordered by Sultan Al-Nasir Hassan bin Al-Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Al-Sultan Al-Mansur Qalawun, he is Sultan Ibn Al-Sultan Ibn Al-Sultan, in 757 AH / 1356 AD. It was built in two palaces for two princes from his father, Al-Nasir Muhammad, namely Prince […]

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60 – A perfume bottle of pure gold inlaid with diamonds

It is a pure gold bottle inlaid with diamonds and precious stones and has botanical inscriptions and flowers engraved in relief. It returns to the family of Muhammad Ali Basha 19th and 20th centuries 1805- 1952. It is currently displayed in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo.

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52 – The Cretleiha House.

The Cretleiha House. A house in Mrs Zainab about which the English wrote a book and James Bond lived in it. The Creteilian House, the Gair Anderson Museum, the Butcher House, or the Safe House are named for the same place. The creative archaeological home is between the Sayyida Zaynab neighbourhood and the Caliph next […]

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51 – The Aga Khan, who weighed gold

The Aga Khan, who weighed gold, was raised by two porters on his chair upon his arrival at Rome’s Ciampino airport from Nice to Cairo for a recovery period. Muhammad Shah Agha Khan III (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) is the forty-eighth imam of the Nizari Ismaili community, one of the founders and […]

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