Qubbat Afandina
Qubbat Afandina, the Mausoleum of Khedive Tawfiq, is located in Afifi area, on the eastern edge of the Northern Cemetery of Mamluk Necropoli of Cairo, Egypt.Description
The mausoleum was built in 1894 by the Khedive Abbas II of Egypt, in memory of his father Khedive Tewfik Pasha who died in 1892. It was designed by the khedival royal court architect Dimitrius Fabricius Pasha, in a Neo-Mamluk architectural style.
Qubbat Afandina is the resting place of many members of the Royal family of Muhammad Ali Pasha, including: Khedive Tewfiq Pasha, Princess Bamba Qadin, Princess Emina Ilhamy, and her son Khedive Abbas II.
