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Al-Daher

Al-Wayli is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map (below), and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms (police wards) of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir (Arabic: الظاهر, IPA: [edˈdɑːheɾ, ezˈzˤɑːheɾ]). Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.

History

The area of al-Zahir was known as the Square of Qaraqush, where it was used as polo grounds by the 12th Century Ayyubid regent Qaraqush, north west of Cairo's walls. After the conquest of Cairo by the Mamluks, the new sultan al-Zahir Baybars built his eponymous mosque over the polo grounds in 1268.

Until the mid 19th Century, the area north of the mosque was the rural fringe of Cairo, consisting of the villages of El-Waylia, El-Demerdash, El-Mohamady and the Kobba palace izba (hamlet).

In 1849, Egypt's ruler, Abbass Pasha I, redeveloped the area into the Abbasia neighbourhood. However, by the late 19th Century the area was sparsely developed, where the contractor and real estate developer Sakakini Pasha bought a parcel of "swampy mosquito infested" land immediately north of al-Zahir mosque, and built a radial grid development in 1897, with his circular palace placed in the middle of the grid. This area is known today as the Sakakini quarter (shiakha) in qism al-Zahir.

Administrative subdivisions and population

Al-Wayli district is divided into the qisms of al-Zahir and al-Wayli according to the Cairo Governorate district map and the census.

Al-Wayli district map bu shiakha

In 2017 qism al-Wayli had 79,292 residents in its 12 shiakhas.

Shiakha Code 2017 Population
Dimirdâsh, al- 012401 3503
Za`farân, al- 012402 4797
Sarâyât, al- 012403 10513
`Abbâsiyya al-baḥriyya, al- 012404 7424
`Abbâsiyya al-sharqiyya, al- 012405 3512
`Abbâsiyya al-gharbiyya, al- 012406 10170
`Abbâsiyya al-qibliyya A, al- 012407 4857
`Abbâsiyya al-qibliyya B, al- 012408 4228
Bayn al-Janâyin 012409 5758
Janâyyîn al-Wâyliyya A 012410 10911
Janâyyîn al-Wâyliyya B 012411 4732
Kûbrî al-Qubba 012412 8887

While qism Al-Zahir had 71,870 residents in its six shiakhas in 2017.

Shiakha Code 2017 Population
Abû Khûda 012301 4792
Janzûrî, al- 012302 10803
Sakâkînî, al- 012303 16239
Ẓâhir, al- 012304 10234
Qubaysî, al- 012305 13517
Ghamra 012306 16285

References

  1. ^ "Western Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  2. ^ Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. ^ Taqi al-Din Ahmad al-Maqrizi, "Khitat," trans. Martyn Smith, 2009, 2:299-300.
  4. ^ Hussein, Mummad Fahmy (1965). Potential design for mass transportation in Egypt (PhD Dissertation Thesis). University of Michigan. p. 18.
  5. ^ Rafaat, Samir (1997-04-05). "SAKAKINI PALACE: HOW ABOUT THE PALACE THAT TURNS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD THIS YEAR?". www.egy.com. Retrieved 2023-03-22.

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