Bayt Al Suhaym in Cairo/Al Suhaymin House

Bayt Al Suhaym in Cairo/Al Suhaymin House Bayt Al Suhaymi is one of the most important Ancient Islamic archeological Houses in Cairo, and still bears witness of the Splendor of Egyptian architecture of the Ottoman Era, and Historians described it as the Jewel and Crown of Ottoman architecture, and regardless of aprox. Three Hundred and Seventy Years since it’s Construction it still retains the same description. It has an area of Two Thousand Square Meters and consists of two Houses , the first one being in the Tribal Area, which was established by Sheikh Bundar Al Tijjar Abdel Wahab Al-Tablawi in 1648AD, which was noted on a wooden piece in one of the Walls of the House, and the Second one on the Sea Side, which was established by Sheikh Bardar Tijjar Ismail bin Ismail Shalabi in1797 AD, which he then combined both the Two Houses to become One House. Regardless of the Importance of the House as one of the Islamic Monuments in Cairo, it remained for quite some Years neglected until the State began to restore it in 1994 AD to return it again to it’s original condition and start to receive Visitors as an archeological Museum. The space along Al-Muizz Street has been valuable Property since the construction of Islamic Cairo in the Tenth Century, being that it was the Central Avenue of The City and the Location of The City’s most Important Buildings. The Mosque, Mausoleums and the Palaces of the Wealthiest Controllers in Cairo were all constructed in the esteemed Space along this Central Avenue. The Darb Al Asfar meaning The Yellow Way, where Bayt Al-Suhaym is Located, which is only meters off of Al-Muizz Street became one of Cairo’s most affluent Streets, as opulent Citizens competed for Property close to the Palace Walk, which was the Title given to the Al-Muizz Street in Naguib Mahfouz’s Novel of the same Name. Constructed in the Seventeenth Century Bayt Al-Suhaymi was one of the Grandest Homes in Cairo. Having been restored in the past Decade after falling into disrepair throughout The Twentieth Century , The House now stands as a beautiful example of Medieval Cairo’s finest non-monumental architecture.