Al-Sayyeda Aisha Square Renovation in Full Swing

The renovation works of Al-Sayyeda Aisha square are being carried out by Arab Contractors Company in cooperation with Antiquities and Endowments ministries.

The historic square includes three mosques “Al-Sayyeda Aisha”, “Al Masbah Basha”, and “Sultan Al-Ghouri”.

Moreover, a parking complex and street vendors’ market have been established outside the premises of the square. The Market includes 106 shops.

The restoration works are in full swing under the supervision of Dr. Hossam Al-Brambly, Professor at engineering faculty, Ain Shams university.

The project will help ease traffic congestion in the area.

Al-Sayyeda Aisha Mosque                                                  

The tomb of Sayyida Aisha remained until around the 14th Century as a simple shrine; it consists of a square chamber topped by a dome based on two rows of the muqarnas.

In the Ayyubi era, a school was established next to the dome. When Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi surrounded the four Islamic capitals of Egypt, Fustat, al-Askar, Qataim and Cairo with one wall during the siege by the Crusaders, the wall had separated the dome from the rest of the large scale cemetery area.

Thus Salah al-Din established a gate in the wall and called it a Gate of Aisha.

Today the gate is known as Bab al-Qarafa. The old building was demolished and reconstructed in the 18th Century during the reign of Amir Abdul Rahman Katakhad.

The mosque today is located at the beginning of Sayyida Aisha street bound to Muqattam City. Current building is a square shaped structure surrounded by hallways.