Islamic Egypt Architecture

Sabil - Sabil Mohamed ALi Pacha

Sabeel is "source of water" a building that people can get water from it.
In the past people doesn't have water pumps, they were getting water from a "Saqqa" man carrying water or "Sabeel".

In the past reach people was built Sabeel and devoted them for ALLah, made them for all people spicially for poor people that couldn't get water easly.

Sabil Mohamed ALi Pasha was built because of his son Toson that dead when he was young "22 years" beceause of bad deases "taoon". It located beside bab Zuwayla.

These pictures taken by: Eng. Nasser Yousif Zakaria