Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace Explained

Location Town:Zamalek
Location Country:Egypt
Coordinates:30.0552°N 31.2257°W
Architect:Garo Balyan
Client:Prince Amr Ibrahim
Cost:200 million Euros ($257m)
Style:Neo-Ottoman
Size:850 square meters

The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in Cairo's Zamalek island, which is used as the Egypt's first ceramics museum, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics and as an art center.

History and location

The palace is located in the Gezira area, an island in the Nile, of Zamalek in Cairo.[1] It was built on the orders of Prince Amr Ibrahim (1903 - 1977), member of the Muhammad Ali dynasty, in 1921.[2] [3] [4] Prince Amr Ibrahim was the husband of Necla Sultan, granddaughter of Ottoman ruler Mehmed VI, also known as Vahideddin.[5] The architect of the building was Garo Balyan, the youngest member of the Balyan family.[6] The cost of the construction was about 200 million euros ($257 million).[4]

The palace was used by Prince Amr Ibrahim and his wife, Necla Sultan, as a summer residence.[7] [8]

Style and layout

The architectural style of the palace is neo-Ottoman and neo-Islamic.[9] It also reflects dominant styles of the Muhammad Ali dynasty in terms of its architectural and decorative style.[10] There are also Moroccan and Andalusian influences in the architecture of the palace.[9]

Total area of the building is 850 square meters.[7] [11] It is made of a basement and two floors.[7] In the entrance hall there is a marble fountain decorated with blue ceramics.[1] The palace is surrounded by a 2,800 square meter garden.

Use

The palace became a state property on 9 November 1953 following the 1952 coup d'etat in Egypt.[12] [13] [14] It was first employed as a club by the Arab Socialist Union until 1971.[15] From 1971 the building was employed by the Ministry of Culture as an exhibition gallery for paintings endowed by former Prime Minister Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil.[16]

In 1998 the building was renovated by the Egyptian architect Aly Raafat[7] and became home to the Museum of Islamic Ceramics in February 1999.[15] [17] As of January 2019 it was closed for restoration for at least 2 years.

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Notes and References

  1. El Aref. Nevine. Take some steps back in time. Al Ahram. 4–10 March 1999. 419. https://web.archive.org/web/20080521173912/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/419/tr1.htm. 21 May 2008. dead.
  2. Web site: Famille Souveraine. Egypt e dantan. 24 July 2013.
  3. Web site: Museum of Islamic Ceramics: Beautiful Browsing for the History-phobes. Cairo 360. 24 July 2013. 17 March 2010.
  4. News: Egypt: The return of the King?. Al Jazeera. 8 July 2013. dead. 24 July 2013. 24 July 2013. https://archive.today/20130724112744/http://m.aljazeera.com/story/201378204157727462.
  5. News: Murat Bardakçı. Hürriyet. 8 October 2006. Mustafa Kemal, önceki gün vefat eden Neclá Sultan'ın annesiyle evlenmek istemişti. 4 September 2021 . tr.
  6. Web site: Samir Raafat. Cairo's belle époque architects 1900 - 1950. EGY. 24 July 2013.
  7. Web site: Museum of Islamic Ceramics. Egypt Holidays Directory. 24 July 2013.
  8. Book: Jonathan M. Bloom. Sheila Blair. The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. 2009. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-530991-1. 49. Oxford; New York. Jonathan M. Bloom. Sheila Blair.
  9. Winter 2019. Mohamed Ahmed Abdelrahman Ibrahim Enab. Saray of Prince Amr Ibrahim in Zamalek Archaeological and documental study in the light of a new document published for the first time. Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists. 20. 1.
  10. Web site: Gezira Art Center. DI-EGY Festival. 24 July 2013. 2013.
  11. Web site: Architecture in Egypt. MIT. 24 July 2013.
  12. News: Samir Raafat. The Palace of Prince Amr Ibrahim. 24 July 2013. Cairo Times. 4 February 1999.
  13. Web site: History of Zamalek. Zamalek 101. 13 September 2013.
  14. Book: Matthew Carrington. Frommer's Egypt. 2008. 82. John Wiley & Sons. 978-0-470-40343-3.
  15. The China syndrome. Al Ahram Weekly. 25–31 October 2001. 557. 13 September 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090913101445/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/557/tr3.htm.
  16. News: Yasser Talaat. Middle East's First Museum of Islamic Ceramics. 28 July 2020. Inter Press Service. 23 February 1999. Cairo.
  17. Web site: Islamic Ceramic Museum. Eternal Egypt. 28 June 2011.

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