Talk:Khan el-Khalili

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The pictures of the image gallery at the bottom are unlabelled and it's not clear if they're all relevant; in particular, some of them are of other monuments nearby which might not really be considered part of the Khan al-Khalili today - though if their historical context was explained, this might be ok. Just a thought in case someone has a better idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Casual Builder (talk • contribs) 20:21, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Location? Cross streets??
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Edit-warring in lead
With regard to this IP's edits, describing Khan el-Khalili as "local" is both unnecessary and rather misleading; "local" implies it is mainly used by locals, which is incorrect. "First established" implies it didn't exist prior to the Mamluk period, which is not entirely correct and an oversimplification of its history, as reading the rest of the article should show. In fact the wording could still be further improved or clarified, but none of these minor edits are improvements and they certainly don't warrant edit-warring. Also, the "source" added in this edit is not a reliable source, doesn't support this specific edit, and wouldn't override other concerns anyways. R Prazeres (talk) 19:11, 29 December 2022 (UTC)


 * "Khan El Kahlili" was indeed founded by the Mamluk ruler of the Khalil City, Jaharkas Al Khalili. As for the term local traditional it's indeed correct since it's the most famous traditional souq in Egypt and is literally called by natives "Souq Sha'abi سوق شعبي", and as per sources provided.


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 * 156.214.112.44 (talk) 19:55, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * None of the points you just made addressed what I said above. R Prazeres (talk) 22:09, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Kindly I did refer to my own edits, and if you disagree with the word local, I could add traditional which is sourced in many reliable sources. It's literally a Souq Sha'abi سوق شعبي, not any kind of other souqs like Souq Tougari, or Souq Samak, or Souq El Khodar. 156.214.112.44 (talk) 11:56, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The word "traditional" is fine, that was never the problem, and it wouldn't need a new source because it should be reasonably obvious. Instead of arguing over the other two words, I would suggest that we simply expand the lead with a little more detail to clarify some points, since the lead should be a summary of the rest of the article (per MOS:LEAD), and the article is long enough to merit more. In particular, the sentence about its establishment is already vague, and could better reflect the more detailed history section which is based on scholarly sources. Roughly: this area of Cairo began to commercialize after the Fatimid period, the market zone expanded further during the Mamluk period, and the name of the market today comes from a specific building constructed in the 1380s by Jaharkas al-Khalili. Hence why "(first) established during the Mamluk period" doesn't really cut it. (The headings I chose long ago for these subsections of the article might also be a little confusing, but that's another thing that can be fixed.) R Prazeres (talk) 17:21, 30 December 2022 (UTC)