Roda Island
Native name: جزيرة الروضة | |
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Nile River, Cairo | |
Coordinates | 30°01′15″N 31°13′32″E / 30.02083°N 31.22556°E |
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Roda Island (or Rawdah Island,
Arabic: جزيرة الروضة, Jazīrat ar-Rawdah [ɡɪˈziːɾɪt eɾˈɾoːdɑ]) is an island neighbourhood in the Nile in central Cairo, alternatively or partially known as Manial al-Roda, or al-Manial,[1] in reference to the main village that existed on the island before it was urbanised,[2] and is part of the Misr al-Qadima
district.
History
The island was known in Antiquity as Babylonian Island (
During the reign of caliph
Alfraganus, and despite a number of modifications, is still extant today and known as the Roda Island Nilometer.[7]
The
Ayyubid Sultan as-Salih Ayyub (Reigned 1240 to 1249, great-nephew of Saladin) built a palace at the southern tip of the island near the nilometer.[8][9]
The
Bahri dynasty originally settled on Roda Island at the palace.[9]
The name of the dynasty, "Bahriyya", means 'of the river', referring to their original settlement on the island on the Nile.
The Bostan al-Kebir (Great Gardens) started to be planned and grown on the island in 1829 by Viceroy Ibrahim Pasha, of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.[10] In 1851 the Manasterly Palace, also known as the Kiosk was built on the island's southern tip on the ruins of the Ayyubid palace for Hassan Fouad Pasha Al-Manasterly, Katkhoda of Egypt during the reign of Abbas I.[8] Later in the early 20th Century the Prince Muhammad Ali Palace was built in the island's mid-north.[11]
Today, the island is a bustling neighbourhood of Cairo.[1]
Gallery
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Northern tip
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c.1800 map of Roda Island
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Wooden bridge near the Nilometer
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The Roda Island Nilometer, and island in the Nile
References
- ^ a b "Manial Al-Roda: Birdsong and the call to prayer - Features - Al-Ahram Weekly". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ Egyptian Survey Department (1915). "Map of Cairo". Al-Madaq. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ Maspero, Jean; Wiet, Gaston (1919). "Materiaux pour servir à la Géographie de l'Égypte". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 53 (4): 68.
- ISBN 978-1-59691-780-4.
- ^ Ibn ʿAsākir. Tārīkh Madīnat Dimashq. pp. 8:84.
- ISBN 90-04-09626-4.
- ^ "Rawda Island Nilometer". egymonuments.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ a b "A Virtual Tour through Al-Manasterly palace and the Nilometer". egymonuments.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ a b Al-Maqrizi, p.405/vol. 1
- ^ Rafaat, Samir (1997-11-27). "Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik Manial Retreat". www.egy.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Manial Palace Museum". egymonuments.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
External links
Media related to Rhoda Island at Wikimedia Commons
- The Al-Manyal Palace Museum and gardens
- (in German) Wikivoyage.org: Rōḍa - on Wikivoyage.org