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To supply water to the Citadel, Saladin built an 85-metre-deep (280 ft) [21] well known as the Well of Joseph (or Bir Yusuf), so-called because Saladin's birth name, Yūsif, is the Arabic equivalent of Joseph. His chief eunuch and confidant, Qaraqush, who oversaw construction of the Citadel, was also responsible for digging the well.
The fortress, also known as the Saladin Citadel and. Cairo's citadel, one of the Egyptian capital's most prominent landmarks, opened another wing housing two semi-circular towers to the public on ...
Saladin's brother Al-Adil rebuilt the citadel completely between 1203 and 1216 in response to the development of the counterweight trebuchet. After his death, power struggles broke out between the other Ayyubid princes and although Damascus switched hands several times, the citadel was taken by force only once, in 1239.
'Zion Castle'), also known as the Castle of Saladin (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين, romanized: Qalʿat Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn), is a medieval castle in northwestern Syria. It is located 7 km east of Al-Haffah town and 30 km east of the city of Latakia , in high mountainous terrain on a ridge between two deep ravines and surrounded by forest ...
Cairo Citadel (also called Citadel of Saladin) was built by Saladin in the late 1100s to fortify it from the Crusaders. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1976. Pablo_1960/istockphoto
'Saladin Square'), known historically as Al-Rumaila Square (Arabic: ميدان الرميلة, lit. 'Sandy Square'), Black Square, and colloquially as Citadel Square (Arabic: ميدان تحت القلعة, lit. 'Square under the citadel') is the main city square of Islamic Cairo. It is considered among the most important areas in Egypt, having ...
Other parts of the Citadel were repeatedly modified in later periods. In 1176, the construction of the Cairo Citadel began under Saladin's orders. [19]: 107 It was to become the center of government in Egypt until the 19th century, with expansions and renovations. [3] The Citadel was completed under sultan Al-Kamil (r. 1218–1238).
The Cairo Citadel Aqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct (Arabic: سور مجرى العيون, romanized: sūr 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.