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Khan El Khalili
al-Azhar Street, Cairo, EgyptAbout
Khan Ali Kalili is Cairo biggest open air market. The site of Khan el-Khalili was originally the site of the mausoleum known as the turbat az-za'faraan (Saffron Tomb), which was the burial site of the Fatimid caliphs. This market is situated at one corner of a triangle of markets that go south to Bab Zuwayla and west to Azbakiyyah. The Khan is bordered on the south by al-Azhar Street and on the west by the Muski Market. One of the old original gates guards the entrance to the original courtyard which lies midway down Sikkit al-Badistan (street).
