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City of the Dead
district, Cairo, Egypt
Also known as: Al-Qarāfah
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layout of Cairo
- In Cairo: City layout
…the district of Al-Qarāfah (City of the Dead), a unique zone made up of an extensive series of cemeteries. In this vast, dusty, ochre-coloured district stand the exquisite shrine-mosques and mausoleums of early religious leaders such as Imam al-Shāfiʿī, the founder of Egypt’s major legal tradition. The major monuments…
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