Khan El Khalili, or Jan El Jalili, is the most famous market in Egypt and the entire Middle East. Its origin dates back to 1382, when the Mamluk Sultan Djaharks el-Khalili decided to build a resting place for merchants. The chosen site was the ruins of an ancient Fatimid cemetery. Ancient Egypt History.
ocated in the heart of Islamic Cairo, near the Medieval walled city of the Saladin Citadel, the Khan el-Khalili market was built on the old burial site of the Fatimid Caliphs, who founded Cairo in the 10th century. Trading in the souk dates from the 14th century, but its elaborately-carved monumental gates and grid-like alleyways were constructed in the 16th century under Egypt's last powerful Mamluk ruler..
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