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Egypt

Cairo Khan el Khalil Then and Now

The silk-mercers bazaar at El-Ghooreeyeh. By David Roberts 1838
Bazaar in the Ghawriyya complex built 1503. Photograph 2018.
Mosque of the Sultan Barqook by Robert hay, 1830
Mosque of Barquq, built 1836
The Minarets of Bab Zuweyleh and the entrance to the mosque of Metwalis, by David Roberts, 1838
Built in 1420, Photograph 2018
Bab Zuweyle by Roberet Hay, 1830
Bab Zuwayla, built 1092, with minarets of the Mosque of Sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, built 1420. Photograph 2018
Bazaar of the Coppersmiths by David Roberts, 1838
Madrasa and tomb of Al-Salih Najm-al-dinAyyub, built 1260, husband of Shajar al-Durr. Last Ayybid ruler
Beyn el Kasreyn by Robert Hay, 1830
The gate of the Metwalis, Bab Zuweyleh by David Roberts 1838
Fatimid Gate of Bab al Zwayla, 1092, Site of the hanging of the last Mamluke ruler Tumanbey in 1517
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