El- Amir Taz Palace

SEE-SEP 2: "El- Amir Taz Palace" is also known as ‘'Dar Taz'' is one of the most well known Mamluk Palaces remaining in historic Cairo.

Taz al-Nasiri was at first a Mamluk of the Mohammed Qalaoun army.

However, he rose through the ranks and became the chief of council or ‘Emir Majlis’. Amir Taz helped Salah al-Din Salih Mohammed Qalaoun to rise through the ranks and become Sultan in 1351.

This palace was built by Amir Taz in 1352 to celebrate his marriage to the Sultan An-Nasir Mohammed's daughter, Khwand Zahra.

He traveled in search of tranquility and peace of mind away from the city of Cairo.

This took him far from the threats he felt surrounding him in Egypt.

He lived for some years in Jerusalem and then Damascus before dying in 763.

The palace  has  a local community center including training in design and production of traditional carpets, and it partly acts as historic city museum  displaying  artifacts and architectural fragments.