- Khan al-Jumruk in Aleppo. In Cairo,
starting in the
Burji Mamluk period,
wikalas were
frequently several stories tall and
often included a rab', a low-income...
- of the
Wikala al-Qutn (or Khan al-Fisqiya) From the
Mamluk period onward, the Khan al-Khalili area was made up of
several major khans or
wikalas grouped...
-
predecessor Sultan Qaitbay (who
built two
other major wikalas as
mentioned above). The
street facade of the
wikala The
entrance portal The
courtyard (with stage...
- vigorous. Many
similar wikalas were
built along the city's
major commercial zones, such as Qaytbay's
earlier Sabil-kuttab-
wikala built in 1477 near al-Azhar...
- The
Wikala of
Qawsun (Egyptian Arabic: وكالة قوصون) or Khan of the
prince (Egyptian Arabic: خان الأمير, romanized: Khan al-Amir). It was
established by...
- Al-Azhar Mosque. It is one of the two
wikalas built by
Sultan Qa’it Bay
during his reign, the
other one
being Wikala of
Sultan Qaytbay on Bab Al-Nasr street...
- Byzantines, or Copts. The Mamluks, and the
later Ottomans, also
built wikalas or
caravanserais to
house merchants and
goods due to the
important role...
- that are made from this root are توكل (tawakkala, tawakkul) and وكالة (
wikāla). Al-Ghazali; (D.B. Burrel, N. Daher, Trans.) (1992). The ninety-nine beautiful...
- sabil-kuttabs (a
combination of
sabil and kuttab) and multi-storied
caravanserais (
wikalas or khans),
actually grew in
number during the
Ottoman period. In modern...
- The
Wikala of Bazar'a (Egyptian Arabic: وكالة بازرعة) or
Wikala of Al-Kikhiya (وكالة الكيخيا) is
located on El-Tambakshia
Street in El-Gamaleya area,...
