Daher
Sign in to saveAlso known as El Daher, Daher, Egypt, Daher, Cairo, El Daher, Egypt, El Zaher, El-Zahir
thumb|Church of Gregory the Illuminator, an Armenian Catholic church in the district Al-Daher 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' (, ). Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.
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thumb|Church of Gregory the Illuminator, an Armenian Catholic church in the district Al-Daher 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' (, ). 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.
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