Grave of Badr al-Din al-Karkhi

Nearby Islamic heritage sites

• Grave of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i — Cairo
• Grave of Nasir al-Din al-Tablawi — Cairo
• Grave of Najm al-Din al-Khabushani — Cairo
• Grave of Zakariyya al-Ansari — Cairo
• Grave of Sharaf al-Din ibn Zayn al-Abidin al-Ansari — Cairo
• Graves of the Bakri Family — Cairo
• Graves of Muhammad Ali's Family (Hosh al-Basha) — Cairo
• Grave of Muhammad al-Khidr Husayn — Cairo
• Grave of Ahmad Taymur Pasha — Cairo
• Graves of the Tha'aliba — Cairo

About Grave of Badr al-Din al-Karkhi

Shaykh Muhammad Badr al-Din al-Karkhi is one of the scholars buried inside the mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i. The mausoleum was built by the Ayyubid sultan al-Kamil in 608 AH and is the largest free-standing Islamic mausoleum in Egypt.

Key facts

Name

Grave of Badr al-Din al-Karkhi

Type

Other Places

City

Cairo

Country

Egypt

Coordinates

30.0118042, 31.2580813

Last updated

2026-10-24