Cairo
This zawiya was built in 1522 by Khayrbak, the first Ottoman governor of Egypt, for the Sufi shaykh Hasan al-Rumi, a native of Tabriz who settled in Cairo. It…
This zawiya was built in 1522 by Khayrbak, the first Ottoman governor of Egypt, for the Sufi shaykh Hasan al-Rumi, a native of Tabriz who settled in Cairo. It is also known as Zawiyat al-Amud, the zawiya of the column. It stands on al-Mahjar Street below the Citadel, a few metres from Bab al-Azab.