al-Qahira

We’re including all of the area that was originally enclosed within the Fatimid walls on this page.  The boundaries are Port Said on the west, Sharia al-Banhawi on the north, al-Darrasa on the east, and Darb al-Ahmar on the south.  You can easily spend days exploring this area.

Fatimid City Walls and Gates

Muizz Street

This is the main road through Fatimid Cairo and includes the most important monuments.  You can buy a ticket at the Qalawun Complex that allows entrance into all of these buildings.

Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda Sabil-Kuttab

al-Aqmar Mosque

Bab Bayt al-Qadi

Barquq Complex

Barsbay Complex

Bayn al-Qasrayn

Bayt al-Qadi

Beshtak Palace

Mosque of al-Hakim

al-Kamil Ayyub Madrasa

Khusraw Pasha Sabil-Kuttab

Hall of Muhibb al-Din al-Muwaqqi

Complex of al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun

Madrasa of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars

Qalawun Complex

Sabil-Kuttab of Ismail Pasha

al-Salih Nagm al-Din Ayyubid Madrasa and Mausoleum

Shaykh Ali al-Mutahhar Mosque and Sabil-Kuttab

Sultan Inal Hammam

Complex of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar

Central Area (al-Azhar, al-Ghuri, al-Husayn, Khan al-Khalili)

al-Gamaliya (between Muizz Street and al-Azhar Park, north of al-Azhar Street

Qaytbay Wikala

Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Qasid

Mosque of al-Bakri

Wikala al-Mulla al-Kabira

Mosque of al-Shuhada/al-Hittu

Wikala of Qawsun

Sabil, wikala, and zawiya of Uda Bashi

Sabil-kuttab of Amir Muhammad

Wikala al-Shishini

Zawiya of Abd al-Karim (late 1700s)

Wikala of Muhsin Ramadan

Sabil-kuttab of Qitas Bay

Khanqah of Sultan Baybars

Fatimid? Mausoleum

Hammam al-Gamaliya

al-Muski (between Muizz Street and Port Said, north of al-Azhar Street)

Synagogue of Haim Capousi

Synagogue of Musa bin Maymon

Talmud Torah Synagogue

Between al-Azhar and Bab Zuwayla