Hosh al-Basha ( ar, حوش الباشا, lit=courtyard of the

pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, gener ...

, translit=hawsh al-basha), also Hosh el-Basha, Hawsh al-Basha, or Hosh el-Pasha), is a

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

of the Royal Family of

Muhammad Ali Pasha Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...

at road al-Imam

Al-Shafi‘i Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī ( ar, أَبُو عَبْدِ ٱللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ٱلشَّافِعِيُّ, 767–19 January 820 CE) was an Arab Muslim theologian, writer, and schola ...

in the Southern Cemetery of

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

.El Kadi, Galila; Bonnamy, Alain (2007). Architecture for the Dead: Cairo's Medieval Necropolis. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press.

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Hosh al-Pasha was built in 1854 to house several

tombs A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immureme ...

of the Muhammad Ali dynasty’s family, relatives, and devoted servants. The structure is a six-domed complex with inner courtyards and chambers heavily decorated by

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...

motifs, colors and precious materials that still show much of the original luxurious and rich state of the placeWilliams, Caroline, Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide. Cairo: American University of Cairo Press, 2008, page 135 of 214. Some of the members of the Muhammad Ali dynasty buried in Hosh al-Basha are Ibrahim Pasha,

Tusun Pasha Tusun Pasha ( ota, طوسون پاشا, ar, طوسون باشا, tr, Tosun Paşa, Ahmet Tosun Paşa; 1794–28 September 1816) was the younger son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Wāli of Egypt between 1805 and 1849, by Amina Hanim. He was the father ...

Isma'il Pasha Isma'il Pasha ( ar, إسماعيل باشا ; 12 January 1830 – 2 March 1895), was the Khedive of Egypt and conqueror of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain. Sharing the ambitious outlook of his gran ...

Sa'id Pasha Mehmed Said Pasha ( ota, محمد سعيد پاشا ‎; 1838–1914), also known as Küçük Said Pasha ("Said Pasha the Younger") or Şapur Çelebi or in his youth as Mabeyn Başkatibi Said Bey, was an Ottoman monarchist, senator, statesman ...

, Abbas I,

Ahmad Rifaat Pasha Ahmad Rifaat Pasha (8 December 1825 – 15 May 1858) was a member of the Albanian Muhammad Ali dynasty of Egypt. He was the son of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, and his consort Shivakiar Qadin. Death He was heir presumptive to Sa'id of Egypt, Sa'id Pa ...

and his daughter

Ayn-al-Hayat Rifaat tr, Aynülhayat Ahmed, italic=no , house = Muhammad Ali , father = Prince Ahmad Rifaat Pasha , mother = Dilbar Jihan Qadin , birth_date = , birth_place = Cairo, Egypt , death_date = , death_place = Paris, France , place of burial = Hos ...

, and

Mohammed Ali Tewfik Mohammed Ali Tewfik ( ar, محمد علي توفيق; 9 November 1875 – 18 March 1955) was the heir presumptive of Egypt and Sudan in the periods 1892–1899 and 1936–1952. He was a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty. Regent He was the so ...

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*Hosh El Basha : Egypt's Royal Cemetery, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFbaQAC5fg (in Arabic, but with visual tour of the mausoleum)
Hosh al-Basha photo at Alamy
*Rulers of Egypt from the House of Mohammed Aly: https://web.archive.org/web/20080516115029/http://www.egy.com/P/royal/royaltree.html {{Muhammad Ali Dynasty Buildings and structures completed in 1854 Buildings and structures in Cairo Domes Islamic architecture Architecture in the Ottoman Empire

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