Sabil of Muhammad Ali in al-‘Aqadin “Muhammad Ali’s Sabil in Al-Ghouriya”, Cairo Egypt
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It is an Egyptian masterpiece that was able to quench the thirst of lovers of ancient Islamic architecture, as the Sabil of Muhammad Ali Pasha is indeed considered one of the most important architectural models that had previously carried a large number of the most important imported influences in Islamic architecture, as the visitor can indeed notice in it that this European imprint in the designs is present at the same time in its decoration..
Sabil of Muhammad Ali Facts
There are a very large number of the most important and famous fountains in Egypt, and the largest and most famous of them is, of course, the Muhammad Ali fountain..
This path is actually located in the heart of the famous area, which is the Al-Aqdeen area, located at the head of the Roman Quarter, and it is also the area that mainly branches off from Al-Muizz Li-Din Allah Al-Fatimi Street “Al Muizz Street“..
The path is also located near the Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad, the most famous Historical mosques in the Al-Ghuriya district.
It is also located approximately 100 meters away from the gate of the house located at Bab Zuweila, where Sultan Tuman Bay, who was the last of the Mamluk sultans in Egypt, had been hanged..
Design of the Mohammed Ali fountain
This fountain was built by Muhammad Ali, who was the governor of Egypt for a period of time between approximately 1805 and 1848..
And he established a perpetual charity in the name of his deceased son, Ismail Pasha, who had passed away in Sudan in 1822..
The facade of this famous fountain is covered with local marble and contains a large number of strange and different inscriptions and writings..
These facades consist of a number equivalent to 4 sides, each of which covered a separate window, but it was made of copper, and then a number of oval drawings were cast in it, interspersed with different but at the same time distinctive foliation..
These ribs were also covered with marble from bottom to top..
The sides of that goal were also decorated with a number of arches in the windows that had large and important decorations, and most importantly, they were leafy and also closer to decoration..
Each separate window had a painting above it written in the Ottoman language, and above it was an arch with decorations inside it. All of those windows were also covered by a wooden flap to which gilded decorations were added..
Water tank for Muhammad Ali
The water in the area of the Sabil Muhammad Ali was actually stored in a cistern, but it was rather large and huge and located underground, and its depth reached approximately 9 meters, and at the same time it was roofed with a number consisting of 9 domes, but they were all made of stone..
Its walls were also lined with mortar, but they were not waterproof in any way, as was the case with a number of the most important Roman buildings from the Roman Empire era “Greek-Roman era“..
The water supply was carried out through a number of pipes that were filled by installed waterwheels. The capacity of one tank was approximately 455 thousand liters, each of which was sufficient to complete the filling of approximately one and a half million cups of water..
What is the price of a visit ticket for Egyptians?
Adult ticket fee: 10 EGP
The ticket fee is: 5 Egyptian pounds.
What is the price of a visit ticket for foreigners?
The visit ticket fee for foreigners is: 20 Egyptian pounds.
If the visitor is a foreign student, the entrance fee is: 10 Egyptian pounds.
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