11/29/2023 0 Comments Legacy rugs made in egyptShow LessĬairo, Egypt− October 3, 2021− KAHHAL 1871, announces their partnership with President Abdelfattah El Sisi’s latest initiative for development ‘Tetlaf Feeh Harir’. The El Kahhal family has since been furnishing royal residences, private homes, and the most luxurious hotels and enterprises, operating from our historic Khan al-Khalili location and our Heliopolis showroom, where we stock collections of a wide range of styles, sizes, and designs for our distinguished clientele. It was through these exchanges and friendships that he travelled and traded through the Sahara, eventually settling in Egypt to open his first store in the famous Khan al-Khalili Bazaar district. He was connected with the Mahdists, the Sanusis, and British officialdom in Cairo as a merchant, agent, and government confidant who lent his skills and services to everyone from the Sultans of Wadai to T.E Lawrence. The business was established in 1871 by Abdallah El Kahhal, a Syrian merchant whose career spanned foreign occupation, religious and nationalist revival, empire building & trans saharan trade. KAHHAL 1871 is the luxury home of contemporary and heritage hand-knotted rugs, currently operated by the fifth generation of the oldest and most renowned manufacturers and purveyors of handmade carpets and rugs in Egypt.įor over a century, the El Kahhal name has been at the forefront of the industry, synonymous with the finest quality, craftsmanship and design.
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