Overview:
The al-Muizz Street (Šāriʿ al-Muʿizz or شارع المعز لدين الله) in Cairo was the main street of the city in the Middle Ages and formed the center during the rule of the Ismaili dynasty of the Fatimids. It is named after the imam and fourth caliph of the Fatimid dynasty al-Muizz li-Din Allah, who moved the capital of the empire from al-Mahdiya to Cairo in 972.
The street in the medieval district of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is over a kilometer long and is one of the oldest streets in the city. It extends from Bab al-Futuh, the gate of the Fatimid city fortifications in the north, to Bab Zuweila, the gate in the south. According to a study by the United Nations, it has the greatest concentration of medieval architectural treasures in the Islamic world. Starting in 1997, the Egyptian government carried out extensive renovations to the historical and modern buildings, the paving and sewerage in order to convert the street into an open-air museum of Islamic architecture.
Muizz Street is generally considered to be divided into two sections, with al-Azhar Street (Shariʿ al-Azhar) as the center line. The northern part extends from the al-Hakim mosque in the north to the Khan el-Khalili bazaar and the spice dealers' market on al-Azhar Street and includes the section with the antique markets, the al-Aqmar mosque (one of the few preserved Fatimid mosques) and the Qalawun complex as well as several well-preserved medieval mansions and palaces.
The southern part extends from the Ghuriya complex to the Bab Zuweila, the gate to the south, and includes the tent makers' bazaar in the Gamaliya district.
In the area around al-Muizz Street and on the main street itself there are many historical buildings that stretch from the time of the Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Ottomans to the Muhammad Ali era.
From the north of Muizz Street to the south, there are the following buildings on or near the street today
In the southern part of Muizz Street in the area after the intersection with Al-Azhar Street are the following historical buildings:
From the north of Muizz Street to the south, there are the following buildings on or near the street today
- Mosque of al-Hakim bi Amr Allah (1013)
- Wikala of Qaytbay (1481)
- Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Qazid (1335)
- Wikala of the Qawsun (1330)
- Sabil-Kuttab of Oda pasha (1673)
- Abu Bakr Muzhir Mosque (1480)
- Mosque of Sulayman al-Agha Selhdar(1839)
- Bayt al-Suhaymi (1648–1796)
- Sabil Qitas (1630)
- Khanqah of Baybars al-Jashinkir (1310)
- al-aqmar mosque (1125)
- Sabil-Kuttab and Wikala des Dhu'l Fiqar (1673)
- Sabil-Kuttab of Abdel Rahman Katchuda (1744)
- Mosque of Gamal al-Din Ustadar (1407)
- Qasr Bashtak (1339)
- Madrasa of Amir Mithqal (1363)
- Mosque of Mahmoud Muharram (1792)
- Sabil of Ismail Pasha (1828)
- Madrasah of al-Kamil Ayyub (1229)
- Madrasa of Barquq (1386)
- Madrasa Tatar al-Higaziya (1348)
- Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad (1304)
- Qalawun Complex (1285)
- Toghri Bardi Mosque (1440)
- Sabil-Kuttab of Khusraw Pasha (1535)
- Madrasa of al-Salih Ayyub (1250)
- Sabila-Kuttab Ali Ibn Hayz (1646)
- Wikala of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi (1637)
- Sabil-Kuttab of Ahmad Pasha (1864)
- Mosque of al-Sayyidna Husseyn (1154)
- Wikala of Sulayman al-Agha Selhdar(1838)
In the southern part of Muizz Street in the area after the intersection with Al-Azhar Street are the following historical buildings:
- Mosque of al-Ashraf Barsbay (1425)
- Sheikh Ali al-Mutahhar's mosque (1744)
- Al-Azhar Mosque (970)
- Abu Dahab Mosque (1774)
- Madrasa of Sultan al-Ghuri (1505)
- Mausoleum of Sultan al-Ghuri (1505)
- Wikala of al-Ghuri (1505)
- Sabil-Kuttab and Wikala of Qaytbay (1477)
- House of Zaynab Hatun (1713)
- House of Sitt Wasila (1664)
- Abdul Rahman Al Hrawi House (1731)
- al-ayni mosque (1411)
- House of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi (1634)
- Fakahani Mosque (1735)
- Sabil of Tosun Pasha (1820)
- Muayyad Mosque (1420)
- Wikala and Sabil by Nafisa Bayda (1796)
- Takiya of al-Gulshani (1524)
- Zawiya of Farag Ibn Barquq (1408)
- Salih Tala'i Mosque (1160)
The ensemble of Islamic architecture in the Islamic old town of Cairo (Islamic Cairo) was included in the list of world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1979.
Historical Cairo rehabilitation project
The state pays great attention to the project of rehabilitating Historic Cairo (Fatimid) and is now working on several projects to raise the efficiency of buildings and beautify the ancient buildings. About £ 850 million for the Historic Cairo Rehabilitation Project (HCRP) was spent on restoring the 34 monuments listed on Muizz Street and 67 other Islamic buildings in the vicinity.
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