Egypt owns a number of famous commercial agencies, which have resisted time and are still indicative of the buying and selling that took place in them, before they were transformed into ancient buildings, and we review together, the most famous of these agencies:
Al Ghoury Agency
. Al-Ghouri Commercial Agency is located in Al-Tablata Street in Al-Azhar, adjacent to the Al-Ghouri Architectural Group. The openings of rooms and halls with mashrabiyas and wooden windows executed in the style of carving, with the presence of the blazon of Sultan al-Ghouri (the Sultanate’s seal) in the stone facades of the first floor, with the agency’s external facade distinguished by using the famous stone method (the exchange of colors of stones) and its entrance, which reflects exquisite decorative elements in carving prominent and sunken stone .
Al Balah Agency
The date agency or the agency is the most famous market in Cairo, which is intended for all groups after it has become a source of European staples and a destination for university students looking for new low-priced and good-quality materials. Al Shaabi and Zamalek are one of Cairo's upscale neighborhoods.
The date of the establishment of the date agency dates back to the beginning of the ninth century, and it was called by this name because it was a market dedicated to the trade of dates, which came to it through small boats that arrived across the Nile from Upper Egypt in southern Egypt, especially from Aswan, but the date trade began in It gradually declined, and its sale in recent years was limited to wholesalers in the Sahel region, which is a little far from the Al-Balah Agency.
Bazara Agency
The Bazaraa Agency or the Kikhia Agency is located on Timbeksha Street in the Gamaliya district, in the Al-Azhar district of Cairo. It is one of the most famous archaeological agencies built in Egypt during the Ottoman rule in the 11th century AH (17th century AD). The agency was previously known as the Kikhia Agency, in reference to Hassan Katkhuda, nicknamed “Kikhia”. It was set up to sell timber. It was known by this name until the end of the nineteenth century, when it was bought by Muhammad Bazarah, a merchant of Hadrami origin. Then he called it "Bazara'a Agency" and assigned it to the sale of Nabulsi soap and Yemeni coffee.
Al-Jeddawi Agency.. Al-Jeddawi Agency is one of the rare models of this type of buildings in Upper Egypt. It is also characterized by decorations of brick bricks and carved wooden elements. The agency was registered among the Islamic monuments in 1951.
Qitbay Agency
The Qaitbay Agency is located in Al-Gamaliya area on Bab Al-Nasr Street and its spaciousness. Hasel for trade, and the two upper floors were used as housing and living quarters for merchants.
It was built by Sultan Qaytbay, and designated for the accommodation of merchants and travelers and the practice of business, in the year 885 AH / 1481 AD. .
Tue, May. 17, 2022
