Historic site · Egypt
Al-Saliba Street
شارع الصليبة
A medieval street running from Citadel Square toward al-Sayyida Zeinab, lined with Mamluk mosques, a khanqah, sabils and palaces.
Where it is
30.0306, 31.2519
Why go
Al-Saliba runs from Salah al-Din Square below the Citadel toward al-Sayyida Zeinab Square; its name, “Cross Street”, refers to the many streets it intersects. From the fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century it was lined with state buildings and the homes of senior Mamluk officials. A walk along it today passes the paired mosque and khanqah of Amir Shaykhu, the nineteenth-century sabil of Umm Abbas and Ibn Tulun Mosque.
Near Al-Saliba Street
Monument
Sabil-Kuttab of Umm Abbas
An 1867 public fountain and Qur’an school on al-Saliba Street, its marble front carved with rococo ornament and Arabic and Turkish texts.
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Mosque
Mosque and Khanqah of Amir Shaykhu
A paired fourteenth-century Mamluk mosque and Sufi khanqah facing each other across al-Saliba Street, with a rare stone minbar.
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Museum
Gayer-Anderson Museum
A museum occupying two historic Cairo houses, combining domestic architecture with Gayer-Anderson’s collection.
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Mosque
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Ibn Tulun’s mosque is known for its broad courtyard, stucco ornament and spiral minaret.
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