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 and religious structures	Al-Azhar Mosque (see also Al-Azhar University) Al-Hakim Mosque Al-Hussein Mosque Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque Aqmar Mosque Church of the Virgin Mary Complex of Amir Qurqumas Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay Complex of Sultan al-Ghuri Complex of Sultan Qalawun Khanqah of Baybars II Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay Madrasa of Al-Nasir Muhammad Madrasa-Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab Mosque of Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
Others	Al-Azhar Park Bayt Al-Suhaymi Beshtak Palace Hammam of Sultan Inal Khan el-Khalili Qasaba of Radwan Bey Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay Wikala of Al-Ghuri Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay

Southern part

Main streets	Saliba Street Al-Darb al-Ahmar Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street)
Mosques and religious structures	Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque Al-Rifa'i Mosque Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque) Juyushi Mosque Lulua Mosque Madrasa of Sarghatmish Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di (Mausoleum of Hasan Sadaqa) Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu Mosque of Amir al-Maridani Mosque of Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque of Ibn Tulun Mosque of Khushqadam El-Ahmadi Mosque of Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque of Muhammad Ali Mosque of Qani-Bay Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi Mosque of Sulayman Pasha Mosque of Taghribirdi Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan Sayeda Aisha Mosque Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque Sayeda Zainab Mosque Sultaniyya Mausoleum Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli
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 Palace of Yashbak Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street) Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay

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