Qubbat Afandina
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Qubbat Afandina (Arabic: قبة أفندينا; meaning: "the Dome of Our Sir"),[1] the Mausoleum of Khedive Tawfiq, is a 19th-century monument located in the Afifi area on the eastern edge of the Northern Cemetery of Mamluk Necropoli of Cairo, Egypt.
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Qubbat Afandina, the Mausoleum of Khedive Tawfiq | |
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Location | Afifi, Northern Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
Coordinates | 30.041676°N 31.274987°E / 30.041676; 31.274987 |
Built | AD 1894 / 1311 AH |
Built for | Muhammad Ali dynasty |
Architect | Dimitrius Fabricius |
Architectural style(s) | Neo-Mamluk architecture, Ottoman architecture |
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