CAIRO BAZAARS
FAMOUS CENTRE TO BE PULLED DOWN.
The famous Khan el Khalili quarter of Cairo, better known to thousands of tourists as the Cairo bazaars, is to be pulled down and rebuilt in Arabesque style. When Gowher el Sekaly founded Cairo he built a palace known as "Al Qasr el Sharqi el Kebir" (the Great Eastern Palace) and near it a cemetery for the mortal remains of the Fatimite Caliphs. The cemetery is believed to have occupied the site on which the bazaars now stand. The Khan el Khalili was so named after an Amir who was the Chief of the Stables of the Sultan of his day. This Amir believed that the Fatimite Caliphs were apostates and therefore had their mortal remains taken from the cemetery and thrown on the hills east of Cairo. In place of the cemetery he erected a "khan" or an inn. The “khan,” which. was dedicated to the benefit of the poor at Mecca, existed for over 100 years until, in 1498, it was demolished by the then Sultan Al Ghoury and replaced by shops. The road was enclosed by three gates of beautiful workmanship, one of which still exists to the west of the road leading to the old Husseini Mospue.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1938, Page 5
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209CAIRO BAZAARS Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1938, Page 5
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