Qubbat Afandina

Qubbat Afandina (Arabic: قبة أفندينا; meaning: "the Dome of Our Sir"),^[1] the Mausoleum of Khedive Tawfiq, is a 19th-century monument located in the Afifi area on the eastern edge of the Northern Cemetery of Mamluk Necropoli of Cairo, Egypt.

Qubbat Afandina, the Mausoleum of Khedive Tawfiq
Location	Afifi, Northern Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Coordinates	30.041676°N 31.274987°E / 30.041676; 31.274987
Built	AD 1894 / 1311 AH
Built for	Muhammad Ali dynasty
Architect	Dimitrius Fabricius
Architectural style(s)	Neo-Mamluk architecture, Ottoman architecture

Description

The mausoleum was built in 1894 by the Khedive Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944), in memory of his father Khedive Tawfiq Pasha who died in 1892. It was designed by the khedival royal court architect Dimitrius Fabricius Pasha (1847–1907),^[2] in a Neo-Mamluk architectural style.^[3][4]

Qubbat Afandina is the resting place of many members of the royal family of Muhammad Ali Pasha, including: Khedive Tewfiq Pasha (1852–1892), Princess Bamba Qadin^[5](?–1871), Princess Emina Ilhamy (1858–1931)^{[citation needed]}, and her son Khedive Abbas II.

See also

• Muhammad Ali dynasty family tree
• Mausolea