Cairo Citadel Aqueduct

Cairo Citadel Aqueduct
Native name
سور مجرى العيون (Arabic)
Mamluk Aqueduct
Typeaqueduct
LocationCairo (near Old Cairo), Egypt
Coordinates30°01′19.5″N 31°13′49″E / 30.022083°N 31.23028°E / 30.022083; 31.23028 (Coordinates of Nile water intake tower)
Founderal-Nasir Muhammad (and al-Ashraf Khalil)
Built1311-12 CE (approximate)
Restored1506-1508
Restored byQansuh al-Ghuri
Architectural style(s)Mamluk

The Cairo Citadel Aqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct (Arabic: سور مجرى العيون, romanizedsūr magra al-ʿayyūn)[1] is a medieval aqueduct system in Cairo, Egypt. It was first conceived and built during the Ayyubid period (under Salah ad-Din and his successors) but was later reworked by several Mamluk sultans to expand the provision of water to the Citadel of Cairo. Although no longer functioning today, much of the aqueduct structure, including its water intake tower, the Fumm al-Khalig, still stands.

  1. ^ "Qanatir al-Mamluk". Archnet. Retrieved 2019-11-01.