Mausoleum of Saad Zaghloul
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The Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum (
Overview
While Zaghloul died in 1927, his
Budgetary concerns related to the project also plagued the project, with Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha and his ministry successfully stalled the project during his tenure. Once the Wafd Party returned to power in 1930, the restrictions on construction were lifted, although the Liberal Constitution Party soon returned back to power later that year. The mausoleum itself was completed by 1931, although Ismail Sidky delayed the transfer of Zaghloul's body for the remainder of his tenure. Safiya Zaghloul, the widow of the Saad, rejected Sidky's suggestion of burying Zaghloul with other notable figures, so Sidsky instead transferred mummies from an Egyptian museum to Zaghloul's mausoleum, where they remained for several years. Upon the Wafd's return to power in 1936, the mummies were removed and replaced with Zaghloul's body.[2]
Built partly of granite, the mausoleum's design features an outward-curving cornice and entrance flanked by two great lotus pillars with a pylon gate leading to the interior space, which also houses an unmarked sarcophagus.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Abdullatif, Karim (18 November 2023). "Inside the Tomb of Former Egyptian Prime Minister Saad Zaghloul". SecneNow. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ a b Coury, Ralph M. (1992). "The Politics of the Funereal: The Tomb of Saad Zaghlul". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 29: 191–193 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "The Tomb of Saad Zaghloul". Cairo Observer. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.