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tructural Study and Evaluation of Previous Restoration Work of Mohammad 'Ali Pasha Mosque at the Citadel in Cairo

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Ancient
Arab national civilizations
Egyptology

Abstract

Mohammad 'Ali Pasha Mosque at the Citadel in Cairo is considered one of the main landmarks in Egypt. It majestically stands at a northwestern bend of the Citadel and it is visible from numerous locations in Cairo. It has become the symbol of the Citadel, to the point that its name is given to the whole complex in the colloquial Egyptian parlance. This paper studies analytically the static and dynamic structural behavior of this great mosque using computer numerical modeling techniques, to reach the main reasons for past cracking and failures in its domed-roof and other structural elements, which occurred by the end of 19th Century. A number of 3D-models are analyzed to study the mosque, in both original and after restoration conditions, under static (i.e. dead and live loads) and dynamic (i.e. Eigenvector modal analysis, response-spectrum and time-history) cases of loading. Besides, structural evaluation of major restoration project, in 1930s, is conducted to determine the current structural safety status of the mosque.

DOI

10.21608/jguaa.2011.2801

Keywords

Ottoman, Masonry, Structural evaluation, Restoration, Numerical model

Authors

First Name

Yaser Yehya Amin

Last Name

Abdel-Aty

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Affiliation

Lecturer at Cairo University, Faculty of Archaeology, Restoration Department(Egypt)

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Egypt

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Volume

12

Article Issue

1

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516

Issue Date

2011-12-01

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2017-05-03

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2011-12-01

Page Start

174

Page End

207

Print ISSN

2536-9822

Online ISSN

2536-9830

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https://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/article_2801.html

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15

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المقالة الأصلية

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413

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Publication Title

مجلة الإتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب

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https://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/

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tructural Study and Evaluation of Previous Restoration Work of Mohammad 'Ali Pasha Mosque at the Citadel in Cairo

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22 Jan 2023