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The Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscripts that were found in the genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue (built 882) of Fustat, Egypt (now Old Cairo), the Basatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and a number of old documents that were bought in Cairo in the later 19th century. These documents were written from about 870 to ...
Al Qahirah may refer to: Cairo, the capital of Egypt, known in Arabic as Al Qahirah (القاهرة) Al Qahirah Governorate, a governorate of Egypt; Al-Qahirah, Hama, a village in Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict, Hama, Syria; Al-Qahira, Syria or al-Safa, a village in Ziyarah Subdistrict, Hama, Syria; An ancient name for Mars, the fourth planet from ...
Islamic Cairo (Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized: Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit. 'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية al-Qāhira tārīkhiyya), refers mostly to the areas of Cairo, Egypt, that were built from the Muslim conquest in 641 CE until the city's modern expansion in the 19th century during Khedive Ismail's rule, namely ...
The two easternmost towers, fortified by al-Kamil in 1207: the Burj al-Ramla and the Burj al-Hadid Chamber inside the Burj al-Ramla. Construction of the Ayyubid Citadel appears to have continued under Sultan al-'Adil (r. 1200–1218), Saladin's brother and later successor, and was probably finished under the reign of al-Kamil (1218–1238). [4]
The Greater Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة الكبرى, romanized: Al-Qāhira al-Kubrā) is a metropolitan area centered around Cairo, Egypt. It comprises the entirety of the Cairo Governorate , the cities of Imbaba [ b ] and Giza in the Giza Governorate , and the city Shubra El Kheima in Qalyubia Governorate .
The city was named al-Mu'izziyya al-Qahirah, the "Victorious City of al-Mu'izz", later simply called "al-Qahira", which gave us the modern name of Cairo. Although Jawhar was indeed important to the layout of Cairo, the Great Eastern Palace of Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah was drawn and designed by the hand of Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, himself.
The Cairo Tower (Egyptian Arabic: برج القاهرة, Borg El-Qāhira) is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. At 187 m (614 ft), it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing .
The Fifth Settlement (Arabic: التجمع الخامس, literally means "the Fifth Gathering"; commonly shortened to: التجمع et-Tagammoʿ pronounced [et.tæˈɡæm.moʕ]) forms a qism (also known as Al-Qahira al-Gadida Awwal, New Cairo 1 police ward) in the New Cairo satellite city, in the Eastern Area of Cairo Governorate, Egypt.