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Salah al-Din Square (Arabic: ميدان صلاح الدين, lit. 'Saladin Square'), known historically as Al-Rumaila Square (Arabic: ميدان الرميلة, lit. 'Sandy Square'), Black Square, and colloquially as Citadel Square (Arabic: ميدان تحت القلعة, lit. 'Square under the citadel') is the main city square of Islamic Cairo ...
At the northern end of this hippodrome was another square or plaza known as Rumayla Square (Maydan/Midan Rumayla), today known as Salah al-Din Square (Midan Salah ad-Din) or Citadel Square (Midan al-Qal'a). This was used as a horse market (due to its adjacency to the royal stables), but also as an official square for royal and religious ceremonies.
The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan (Arabic: مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن) is a monumental mosque and madrasa located in Salah al-Din Square in the historic district of Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1356 and 1363 during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan. The mosque was considered remarkable for ...
Al-Mahmoudia Mosque (Arabic: مسجد المحمودية) or the Mosque of Mahmud Pasha is a historic mosque in the city of Cairo, Egypt.It is located at the Salah al-Din Square in the Citadel of Cairo area, in front of Bab al-Azab gate of the citadel.
Salah ad-Din began the construction of an extensive Citadel in 1176 to serve as Egypt's seat of power, with construction finishing under his successors. [28] It is located on a promontory of the nearby Muqattam Hills overlooking the city. The Citadel remained the residence of the rulers of Egypt until the late 19th century, and was repeatedly ...
Shamsud Din Jabbar was a US-born military veteran who went from success to a squalid Houston trailer park where sheep roamed his yard. He served in the Army for more than a decade and deployed to ...
The Cairo Citadel Aqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct (Arabic: سور مجرى العيون, romanized: sūr magra al-ʿayyūn) [1] is a medieval aqueduct system in Cairo, Egypt.It was first conceived and built during the Ayyubid period (under Salah ad-Din and his successors) but was later reworked by several Mamluk sultans to expand the provision of water to the Citadel of Cairo.
In Tarzana, a landlord is asking $17,500 a month to rent a 3,000-square-foot home with a pool and a view of the Santa Monica Mountains, a 9.4% increase from the price at which it was offered in ...