NgoSepthemba 17, kwavulwa ngokusemthethweni amatshe esikhumbuzo amaSulumane endaweni yase-Al-Darb Al-Ahmar eCairo. I-mosque ye-Al-Imam, i-Al-Laythmosque, i-Al-Set Meska mosque, indlu ye-Ali Labib kanye nendawo yomthombo ka-Youssef eSalah El-Din Citadel bonke bebelokhu benza umsebenzi wokubuyisela, obiza cishe i-LE 9.5 million. Lezi zikhumbuzo ezihlanganisa ukwakhiwa kwesigaba sokuqala sohlelo olusha lokukhanyisa lwe-Salah El-Din Citadel zavulwa kulo mkhosi. Umcimbi ubuseSalah El-Din Citadel.
UDkt. Zahi Hawass, uNobhala Jikelele we-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), uDkt. Hamdi Zaqzouq, uNgqongqoshe Wezamandla, kanye noMbusi waseCairo u-Abdel Azim Waziri bavule umcimbi okhethekile kanye nezikhulu eziphezulu zikahulumeni.
Ukubuyiselwa kwalezi zakhiwo ezibalulekile zomlando kuyingxenye yokuzinikela koMkhandlu Ophakeme Wezinto Zasendulo ukuze kugcinwe amagugu ase-Egypt Islamic.
Okukhanga kakhulu ukubuyisela-ukuguqulwa, phakathi kwamadolobhana anciphayo enhloko-dolobha yaseGibhithe engajwayelekile kubavakashi, iphrojekthi eyodwa ebaluleke kakhulu yenziwe ngokwakhiwa kwendawo enkulu, evulekile eluhlaza endaweni eyake yahlakazeka eCairo. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi selokhu iphrojekthi yaqalwa, esinye isici sengeziwe - ukuvuselelwa kwesifunda esizungezile esihlala abantu esibizwa ngokuthi i-Darb Al Ahmar, empofu kakhulu kwadingeka ukuthi i-Aga Khan iwulungise.
Sekuyiminyaka eminingi izivakashi zingahlali kule ndawo ngendawo yokulahla udoti noma imfucumfucu eseduze nonqenqema olusempumalanga lwezindonga zedolobha laseCairo lasendulo. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo njengobhasikidi omkhulu wemfucumfucu kuya enqwabeni enkulu yokungcola kwezintaba, kugcine kufihle imibono yezakhamuzi ngodonga lwenqaba kanye nemithamo emihle eseduze phakathi neminyaka. Sekuphenduke ukungahloniphi, ngomqondo othile ukuthi ilele eduze kwamathuna amadala abiyelwe ngodonga aziwa ngokuthi iDolobha Labafileyo, lapho inqwaba yabantu baseCairenes abangenamakhaya bathole indawo yokukhosela emathuneni ezindlu zalabo ababenamalungelo amaningi.
Ngo-2004, edolobheni elikhulu okwabelwana ngalo ngabaphilayo nabafileyo, lapho uthuli, imfucumfucu kanye nodoti kuqoqwe khona phakathi nenkulungwane yeminyaka, kwavela iphrojekthi ye-Aga Khan Development Network eklanyelwe ukuqeda eminyakeni eyi-45 ukufukula abampofu.
Ngemva kweminyaka emine osonkontileka begeqa, bemba futhi benyakazisa umhlaba ngendlela engaqondakali, babenza lukhulu ekudidekeni kwabantu bendawo, ekugcineni lo msebenzi usuqalile. Kumahekthare angama-30 eDarassa Hills kwavela ipaki eliluhlaza, elibheke idolobha lamaSulumane laseCairo. Kungaletha amakhulu emisebenzi, indawo yamaCairenes amatasa yokususa ukucindezeleka, imibono evulekile yeCitadel engakaze ibe khona ngaphambili; noma kunjalo, nikeza abantu ithemba edolobheni lakubo elingakaze libenzele inzuzo.
Ivulekele umphakathi ngesisekelo sokuzama, yamukele izihambeli zokuqala. Lapho nje idolobha elakhiwa ezikhathini zasendulo abakwaFatimid futhi laqanjwa ngokuthi i-Al Quahire noma abanqobi, amaphesenti angama-20 edlule ayezinikele endaweni evulekile manje ayenezivakashi ezithuthelekela kulo. Kusukela ngePhasika kuze kube sekupheleni kukaSepthemba, cishe amasonto ayi-5 nengxenye, ukwakhiwa kwepaki kwakugxile emininingwaneni engconywana yalokho okwakuzoba indawo yokulungisa kabusha ethakazelisayo eyavulwa ngo-September 17 ngesikhathi somcimbi okhethekile e-Citadel.
