On the left of the above photo is part of forty-five degree turn of the Madrasah cum Masjid Umm Sultan Sha’ban and the building on the right hand side or facing the east side of the Madrasah is the Sabil and house of Ibrahim Agha Mustahfizan that was built in 1639 and further restored and revitalized by Ibrahim Agha who was a protégé of Radwan Bey, in 1652. While straight to the north is part of the house of Ahmad Katkhuda al Razzaz that could be clearly identified by its
mashrabiya.
The house was originally built in the fifteenth century by Sultan Qaytbay, however, converted and expanded by Ahmad Katkhuda al Razzaz in 1778 AD. Through my reading, the huge lofty house or palace, now sadly dilapidated within, contains 190 chambers for the members of large family, their servants and employees. There are many halls, courtyards, bathes, storerooms, and many splendid façade with the intricately crafted
mashrabiyas.
Around the area one could find a rundown tomb of Ibrahim Khalifa Gindiyan (photo above) that was built in 1593. Unfortunately, at this phase of time though I could not gather much information or details about the owner of this tomb. There are also two small café located within the old buildings, selling hot tea, ahwa or coffee and tit-bits. Some of the shops were still not operating at this time, which is relatively too early for them. It was actually 10:02 am when the below photo was taken.
At this 6th stop, we had covered about two-third of the first phase of our adventure or one-quarter of the whole planned trip.
On the left of the above photo is part of forty-five degree turn of the Madrasah cum Masjid Umm Sultan Sha’ban and the building on the right hand side or facing the east side of the Madrasah is the Sabil and house of Ibrahim Agha Mustahfizan that was built in 1639 and further restored and revitalized by Ibrahim Agha who was a protégé of Radwan Bey, in 1652. While straight to the north is part of the house of Ahmad Katkhuda al Razzaz that could be clearly identified by its mashrabiya.
The house was originally built in the fifteenth century by Sultan Qaytbay, however, converted and expanded by Ahmad Katkhuda al Razzaz in 1778 AD. Through my reading, the huge lofty house or palace, now sadly dilapidated within, contains 190 chambers for the members of large family, their servants and employees. There are many halls, courtyards, bathes, storerooms, and many splendid façade with the intricately crafted mashrabiyas.
Around the area one could find a rundown tomb of Ibrahim Khalifa Gindiyan (photo above) that was built in 1593. Unfortunately, at this phase of time though I could not gather much information or details about the owner of this tomb. There are also two small café located within the old buildings, selling hot tea, ahwa or coffee and tit-bits. Some of the shops were still not operating at this time, which is relatively too early for them. It was actually 10:02 am when the below photo was taken.
At this 6th stop, we had covered about two-third of the first phase of our adventure or one-quarter of the whole planned trip. 
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