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Qubbat Afandina, the Mausoleum of Khedive Tawfiq
Location	Afifi, Northern Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Coordinates	30°02′30″N 31°16′30″E / 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

Qubbat Afandina (Arabic: قبة أفندينا; meaning: "the Dome of Our Sir"), 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.

Description

The mausoleum was built in 1894 by the Khedive Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944), in memory of his father Khedive Tawfiq Pasha who died in 1892. It was designed by the khedival royal court architect Dimitrius Fabricius Pasha (1847–1907), in a Neo-Mamluk architectural style.

Qubbat Afandina is the resting place of many members of the royal family of Muhammad Ali Pasha, including: Khedive Tewfiq Pasha (1852–1892), Princess Bamba Qadin(?–1871), Princess Emina Ilhamy (1858–1931), and her son Khedive Abbas II.

See also

• Muhammad Ali dynasty family tree
• Mausolea

References

Notes

1. Cairobserver-Qubbat Afandina.., qubbat-afandina-and-the-stolen-kiswa
2. Egypt's Belle Époque architecture, https://www.greategypt.org/2017/02/egypts-belle-epoque-architecture.html
3. Mausleum of Khedive Tawfiq (Qubbat Affendina), about1-c10x1
4. Cairo's belle époque architects 1900 - 1950 compiled by Samir Raafat, http://www.egy.com/people/98-10-01.php
5. Mausleum of Khedive Tawfiq (Qubbat Affendina), http://www.undeadcrafts.com/about1-c10x1

Bibliography

• Mohamed Elshahed, Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide, American University in Cairo Press, 2019, ISBN 9774168690, 9789774168697, 240 pages.
• Williams, Caroline, Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide, Cairo: American University of Cairo Press, 2008, 214 pages.
• Byrne, Aran, East-West Divan: In Memory of Werner Mark Linz, Gingko Library, London, UK, 2014.
• Richard Bordeaux Parker, Islamic Monuments in Cairo: A Practical Guide, American University in Cairo Press. 1993, 312 pages.

External links

• Qubbat Afandina: Egypt's Royal Cemetery
• Images from Qubbat Afandina
• Rulers of Egypt from the House of Mohammed Aly

v t e Muhammad Ali dynasty (1805–1953)
Family tree
Monarchs	Muhammad Ali Ibrahim Abbas Hilmi I Sa'id Isma'il Tewfik Abbas Hilmi II Hussein Kamel Ahmed Fuad I Farouk Ahmed Fuad II
Consorts	Amina Hanem Ayn al-Hayat Qadin Hoshiyar Qadin Mahivech Hanim Inji Hanim Melekber Hanim Jananiyar Hanim Jeshm Afet Hanim Shehret Feza Hanim Shafaq Nur Hanim Nur Felek Qadin Jamal Nur Qadin Neshedil Qadin Ferial Qadin Emina Ilhamy Ikbal Hanim Javidan Hanim Melek Tourhan Nazli Sabri Farida Narriman Sadek
Heirs	Ibrahim Abbas Sa'id Ahmad Rifaat Isma'il Mustafa Fazl Tewfik Abbas Hilmi Muhammad Ali Tewfik Muhammad Abdel Moneim Farouk Muhammad Ali Tewfik Ahmad Fuad
Princes	Muhammad Sharif Pasha al-Kabir Ali Pasha Sherif Khalil Sherif Pasha Ismail Chirine Ismail Kamel Pasha Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha Omar Toussoun Tusun Pasha Youssef Kamal Said Halim Pasha Kamal el Dine Hussein Abbas Halim Muhammad Ali Hassan Hassan Aziz Hassan Abbas Hilmi Muhammad Ali
Princesses	Kadria Hussein Shivakiar Ibrahim Tawhida Hanim Fazile Hanımsultan Tevhide Ilhamy Zeynab Ilhamy Nazli Fazil Fawzia (daughter of Fuad I) Faika Fathia Fawzia (daughter of Farouk) Faiza Farial Fadia Fawzia-Latifa
Category

• Buildings and structures completed in 1894
• Buildings and structures in Cairo
• Religious buildings and structures with domes
• Islamic architecture in Egypt
• 19th-century architecture in Egypt