The house of Ibrahim Katkhada al-Sinari

The house was built i the period betwee 1198-1208 AH / 1783-1794 AD i the Ottoma era, ad is located o the coast of Mege by Sayyid Zayab. It was built by Ibrahim Ktakhda al-Siari, who is attributed to the Sudaese city of Sear. Al-Jabrati also belogs to the city of Dogla. He traveled to Egypt ad worked i Masoura, He was a scholar of magic ad astrology ad was resposible for the affairs of the service of Mustafa Bak al-Kabeer – who was oe of the great me of the Ottoma Empire i Egypt – but was killed i 1801 by Hussei Pasha the Ottoma captai ad buried i Alexadria. The house was built i three phases accordig to the waqf documet or the house argumet. The courtyard leads to a large floor hall. It has aother courtyard with a marble walkway with several doors o the groud floor that leads to the service rooms, storage ad receptio. The first floor is the summer seat for the people of the house. I the summer times, the same floor rooms, halls ad bathrooms. The Frech campaig took from this house the residece of some of its photographers ad the scietists of the Frech campaig made the drawigs of the book descriptio of Egypt. The house is curretly the headquarters of the activities of the Bibliotheca Alexadria i Cairo (House of Sciece, Culture ad Arts).