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For other uses, see Daher (disambiguation).
El Daher, or El Zaher (Arabic: الظاهر, IPA: [edˈdɑːheɾ, ezˈzˤɑːheɾ]), is one of the districts of Cairo, Egypt. It neighbours the districts of Abbaseya and Sakakini.
El Zaher is named after al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari, who was a Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria, whose memoirs were recorded in the a long Arabic folkloric tale Sirat al-Zahir Baibars.
Sakakini was originally part of El Zaher, but it was named after a wealthy, famous, family of Syrian origin, whose patriarch (head of the family), Count Gabriel Habib Sakakini Pasha (1841-1923), had built a palace and a church in the area in 1897.[1] In addition, Sakakini Pasha is known to have established the Roman Catholic Patriarchate in Faggala and the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Old Cairo.[2]
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Districts of Greater Cairo Cairo Abbassia · Ain Shams · Azbakeya · Boulaq · Daher · El-Manial · El-Marg · Mokattam area (Muqatam · City of the Dead · Manshiyat naser) · Nasr City · Obour City · El-Quba · Rhoda · El-Sakakini · Shobra area (Shobra · Elsahel · Road El Farag) · Shubra El-Kheima · Zeitoun
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