31/10/2021
Moez Street:
It is one of the areas most visited by tourists. It is an open museum of Islamic antiquities, and there are more than 29 antiquities of Islamic Egypt.
- It dates back to the era of Caliph Al-Muizz li-Din Allah, and the most important monuments that the Caliph built in it is Al-Mu’izz Palace, which Al-Mu’izz had built to be the seat of his caliphate in Egypt, and which has now taken its place, Khan Al-Khalili and Al-Hussein Mosque. In our article, we will get acquainted with that palace.
The street extends from the walls of Old Cairo, specifically Bab Al-Futuh in the north, to Bab Zuwaila in the south.
There are many monuments in Al-Moez Street, including religious, residential, commercial and defensive monuments.
Al-Mu'izz Palace
It has been called:
The comforter's palace, the eastern palace, or the grand palace
Palace building:
Jawhar al-Siqilli laid the foundation of this palace on the day that the foundation of the city of Cairo was laid on Wednesday, 18th of Sha’ban 358 AH. This palace.
The importance of the palace:
This palace was the seat of the Caliph, and he used to reside there and sit in it to rule in a council known as the “King’s Council.” This palace contained many government offices and arms houses, and it was provided with water and many tunnels.
Features :
This palace was distinguished by its luxury, until Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, when he eliminated the Fatimid state, took over that palace.
That palace continued to be the seat of the caliphate since al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah resided there on the seventh of Ramadan 362 AH until the state came to an end in 567 AH, and it was the home of the Caliphs of the Fatimid state.
It is also distinguished by the large number of its doors, and their number is nine, and they are:
Gate of Gold, Gate of Eid, Gate of Emerald, Gate of Qasr al-Shok, Gate of Zhouma, Gate of Torbat al-Saffron, Gate of Daylam, Gate of the Wind, Gate of the Sea.
Lockers in the palace:
The cupboards of books, drinks, weapons, clothes, and mattresses, and they were on the eastern side of Al-Mu'izz Cairo.
Al-Muizz was elegant in establishing this palace with luxurious feathers and all that the caliphs and princes needed.
It is located in front of this palace, the palace that Al-Aziz built and was smaller than him, so it was known as the Small Palace. It was built in its place, the Great Maristan Al-Mansouri, and some of it is still known today as Souk Al-Nahhasin, and next to it to the north is the field, the Al-Kafuri orchard, and the old guest house. Between these two palaces was a space that could accommodate ten thousand knights. It later between the two palaces.
