Daher, Egypt

For other uses, see Daher (disambiguation).

El Daher, or El Zaher (Arabic: الظاهر‎, IPA: [edˈdɑːheɾ, ezˈzˤɑːheɾ]), is one of the districts of Cairo, Egypt. It neighbours the districts of Abbaseya and Sakakini.

El Zaher is named after al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari, who was a Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria, whose memoirs were recorded in the a long Arabic folkloric tale Sirat al-Zahir Baibars.

Sakakini was originally part of El Zaher, but it was named after a wealthy, famous, family of Syrian origin, whose patriarch (head of the family), Count Gabriel Habib Sakakini Pasha (1841-1923), had built a palace and a church in the area in 1897.^[1] In addition, Sakakini Pasha is known to have established the Roman Catholic Patriarchate in Faggala and the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Old Cairo.^[2]

Postal code

11563

References

Districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo

Cairo Governorate

Abbassia Ain Shams Azbakeya Bulaq Daher El-Manial El-Marg Helwan 15 May Mokattam City of the Dead Manshiyat Naser Nasr City El-Quba Rhoda El-Sakakini Shobra Shobra neighborhood Elsahel Road El Farag Zeitoun

Historical	Coptic Cairo Downtown Cairo Faggala Fustat Islamic Cairo Mataria Old Cairo

Affluent	Garden City Heliopolis Maadi Sheraton Zamalek

Newly planned	Badr Madinaty New Cairo el Banafseg Yasmin el Tagamoa el Khames Rehab Sehraya New Heliopolis Shorouk

Giza Governorate

Giza Agouza el Warraq Feisal Giza (district) Haram Imbaba

Historical	Kerdasa

Affluent	Dokki Mohandessin

Newly planned	6 October City Dreamland Palm Hills Sheikh Zayed

Qalyubia Governorate

Shubra El-Kheima

Newly planned	Obour

Coordinates: 30°04′27″N 31°16′12″E / 30.07417°N 31.27000°E / 30.07417; 31.27000

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