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English: The marble floor of Al-Azhar Mosque. Al-Azhar University and associated Al-Azhar Mosque in Islamic Cairo, is Egypt's oldest university and is renowned as "Sunni Islam's most prestigious university". It was founded in 970 by the Fatimids as a centre of Islamic learning.
The counter inside the sabil room where attendants distributed water to passers-by outside Ottoman tiles inside the sabil room, including an illustration of the Great Mosque of Mecca The kuttab room on the upper floor. The Sabil-Kuttab was built to achieve the maximum available visibility in Al-Muizz Street.
Interior of the Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab in Cairo (c. 1774) One of the notable mosques from this period is the Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab (c. 1774), erected next to al-Azhar Mosque. It is similar to the older Sinan Pasha Mosque in form and mixes elements inspired by various sources.
The main portal entrance opens to a passage covered by a Mamluk-style groin vault, which in turn leads to the main courtyard which dominates the interior floor plan. [4] Around this courtyard were rooms for storage on the first floor (for use by merchants and their animals), while the upper floors were occupied by living quarters.
Al-Azhar Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزهر, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. 'The Resplendent Congregational Mosque', Egyptian Arabic : جامع الأزهر , romanized: Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar ), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar , is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city .
Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell took the world's first colored photograph. He experimented with red, blue, and green filters while photographing a ribbon. He experimented with red, blue ...
The wikala is a commercial extension of the caravansarai, consisting of a floor of various storerooms. [6] The facade of wikala is built by stone, along with the entry portal of the sabil-kuttab. The south-facing entrance opens into a loggia and there is a wooden balcony leading into the kuttab.