Al Khankah ( ar, الخانكة) is an Egyptian administrative center. It is located in

Qalyubia Governorate Qalyubia Governorate ( ar, محافظة القليوبية ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Located in Lower Egypt. It is situated north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. Its capital is Banha. Name Name of Qalubiyya governorate is driv ...

, within the

Greater Cairo The Greater Cairo Region (GCR; ar, القاهرة الكبرى, Al-Qāhira al-Kubrā) is th an economic region with no administrative body comprising the three governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubia. Within it lies the largest metopolitan are ...

Region in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The administrative base of the center is the city of Khanka, and it also includes the city of

Khusus Khusus ( ar, الخصوص, ) is a city in the Qalyubiyya Governorate, Egypt. The city lies north of Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also par ...

History

Al-Khankah is one of the oldest Egyptian cities with a long history."تصريحات محافظ القليوبية الجديد الطبيب علاء مرزوق , القليوبية أون لاين , ". qaliobiaonline.com. مؤرشف من الأصل في 22 نوفمبر 2018. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 22 نوفمبر 2018. The name of Khankah is attributed to the Khanqah established by

Al-Nasir Muhammad Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun ( ar, الملك الناصر ناصر الدين محمد بن قلاوون), commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad ( ar, الناصر محمد), or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali () or as Ibn Qal ...

bin

Qalawun ( ar, قلاوون الصالحي, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan; he ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290. He was called (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). Biography and rise to power Qalawun was a Kipchak, ancient Turki ...

in the place of the current city. In the year 725 AH, it was called the Syriac Khanqah, and this word means place of worship in the

Persian language Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and ...

. It is one of the types of buildings in

Islamic architecture Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic ar ...

that extends the length of stay for people like the

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

s, as it is used to establish religious rituals and housing, as well as teaching religious sciences and doctrines, distorting the name over time to facilitate pronunciation until its name becomes Khanka. The most important landmarks are the new street, Al-Mahatta and Al-Qasimia on Thursday, Abu Murtad Mosque, Al-Ashraf Al-Mahkama Mosque and Mental Hospital.

Division

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Abu Zaabal Abu Zaabal or Abu Za'bal (, ALA-LC: ' ) () is a huge industrial settlement in Egypt. The first Egyptian medical school was founded there, in 1827. In modern Egypt, the area is an industrial suburb of Cairo, with an extensive military–industria ...

* Manila, Al-Khanka * Syriacos, Khanka * Al-Khosus, Khanka * Al-Qalq * Yellow Mountain.

References

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