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Bayt Al-Suhaymi Royalty Free Stock Photo

Interior room in the Bayt Al-Suhaymi, House of Suhaymi, is an old Ottoman era house museum in islamic Cairo, Egypt Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Bayt Al-Suhaymi house is built around a sahn in the centre of which there is a small garden with plants and palm trees, rom Royalty Free Stock Photo

Facade of Bayt Al-Suhaymi, historic old house, Cairo, Egypt Royalty Free Stock Photo

Bayt Al-Suhaymi `House of Suhaymi` is an old Ottoman era house museum in islamic 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