Bayt Al-Suhaymi

Bayt Al-Suhaymi ("House of Suhaymi") is an Islamic themed house and museum in Cairo, Egypt. It was originally built in 1648 by Abdel Wahab el Tablawy along the Darb al-Asfar, a very prestigious and expensive part of Islamic Cairo. In 1796 it was purchased by Sheikh Ahmed as-Suhaymi whose family held it for several subsequent generations. The Sheikh greatly extended the house from its original through incorporating neighbouring houses into its structure.

Bayt Al-Suhaymi


General information
Architectural style	Islamic architecture
Town or city	Cairo
Country	Egypt
Construction started	1648

The house is built around a sahn in the centre of which there is a small garden with plants and palm trees. From here several of the fine mashrabiya windows in the house can be seen. Today the house is a museum which foreign visitors can tour for 35 Egyptian pounds (15 for students). Much of the marble floor work, wooden furniture, and ceiling decor is still intact.

Old 17th-century Egyptian wealthy house in Old Cairo.

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Egyptian National Military Museum Abdeen Palace Museum Agricultural Museum Ahmed Shawki Museum Alexandria National Museum Alexandria Aquarium Museum Al Minya Museum Al-Alemein War Museum Ashmunein open air museum Aswan Museum Bayt Al-Suhaymi Beit El-Umma (House of the People) Beni Suef Museum Beshtak Palace Cairo Aquarium Museum Cairo Zoologica Museum Carriage Museum Child Museum Constantine P. Cavafy museum in Alexandria Coptic Museum Denshway Museum Egyptian Geological Museum Gamal Abdel Nasser Museum Gayer-Anderson Museum Gezira Center for Modern Art Graeco-Roman Museum Grand Egyptian Museum National Museum of Egyptian Civilization Imhotep Museum Ismaïlia Museum Karanis Site Museum Karnak open air museum Kasr (Qasr) El-Gawhara (Jewel Palace) Kharga Museum Library of Alexandria Museum Luxor Museum Manyal Palace Marine Museum Mallawi Museum Memphis open air museum Military Museum Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum Mohamed Nagy Museum Mukhtar Museum Mummification Museum Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Museum of Egyptian Railways Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo Museum of Islamic Ceramics Museum of Modern Art in Egypt National Museum Nubian Museum Oceanographic museum in Alexandria Om Kalthoum Museum Pharaonic Village Postal Museum Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace Princess Fatma Al-Zahra' Palace museum Qasr Al-Eini Museum Ramses Wessa Wassef Art Center Adam Henein Museum Royal Jewelry Museum Taha Hussein Museum Underwater museum in Alexandria

Islamic Cairo

Northern part

Gates	Bab al-Barqiyya Bab al-Futuh Bāb al-Naşr Bab al-Wazir Gates of Khan al-Khalili Bab Zuweila
Main streets	al-Muizz Street (Qasabah Street) Bayn al-Qasrayn
Mosques	Al-Ashraf Mosque Al-Azhar Mosque Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex Al-Hakim Mosque Al-Hussein Mosque Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque Aqmar Mosque Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay Emir Qurqumas Complex Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay Mosque of Abu Dahab Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar Qalawun complex
Madrasas	Al-Azhar University Khanqah of Baybars II Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad Madrasa and Mausoleum of Al-Saleh Nagm Al-Din Ayyub Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq
Others	Al-Azhar Park Bayt Al-Suhaymi Beshtak Palace Church of the Virgin Mary Khan el-Khalili Qasaba of Radwan Bey Sabil-Kuttab-Wakala of Sultan Qa'it Bay Wakala al-Sultan Qaytbay Wikala of Al-Ghuri Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda

Southern part

Main streets	Saliba Street Al-Darb al-Ahmar Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street)
Mosques	Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque Al-Rifa'i Mosque Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque Aqsunqur Mosque Juyushi Mosque Lulua Mosque Madrasa of Sarghatmish Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu Mosque of Amir al-Maridani Mosque of Ibn Tulun Mosque of Khushqadam El-Ahmadi Mosque of Muhammad Ali Mosque of Qani-Bay Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi Mosque of Taghribirdi Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan Sayeda Aisha Mosque Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque Sulayman Pasha Mosque
Museums	Al-Gawhara Palace Amir Taz Palace Carriage Museum Egyptian National Military Museum Gayer-Anderson Museum
Others	Amir Alin Aq Palace Bayt Al-Razzaz Palace Bayt al-Sinnari Cairo Citadel Cairo Citadel Aqueduct Hosh al-Basha Maristan of al-Mu'ayyad Madrasa-Mausoleum of Amir Sunqur Sa'di Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi Palace of Yashbak Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street) Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay Sultaniyya Mausoleum Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli

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