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Day 3 - Muhammad Ali @ Madame Tussaud's, The Peak
God has blessed me with a chance to travel with my family to Hong Kong for a few days of rest and vacation. God is good. =)
One of the profiles of historical fighters at "Fighter’s Heaven”, Muhammad Ali’s Training Camp near Deer Lake, Pennsylvania.
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
One thing that characterized the 2016 Pasadena Chalk Art Festival was the large number of tributes to celebrities and artists who left us too soon. Muhammad Ali was the most recent at the time this photo was taken, but there were others, and they will be up here soon.
Muhammad Ali fought Ernie Shavers at Madison Square Garden on September 29, 1977 defending his title. Ali took a unanimous decision although in the second round, Shavers hurt Ali badly with an overhand right. For more visit www.boxingmemories.com/
Noor Mosque in Frankfurt am Main. Build in 1959. This mosque is notable for the fact that the U.S. heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali prayed within it.
Muhammad Ali Meeting, LOUISVILLE, Ky -The Kentucky National Guard hosted several members of Djibouti's military and government cabinets as part of the Kentucky Guard's State Partnership with Djibouti, Sept. 19th, 2015. Civilian members of the Djiboutian delegation include ministers of health, foreign affairs, chambers of commerce, and the University of Djibouti. The military chiefs of defense, Air Force, logistics, military education and materiel represented the Djiboutian military. This is the first Djiboutian partnership event in Kentucky since the National Guard selected Kentucky for this state partnership. A Kentucky delegation led by Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini participated in the State Partnership signing ceremony in Djibouti, Africa June 2015. The Djiboutian delegates and members of the Kentucky National Guard met with Muhammad Ali, a Professional Boxer and Louisville native. (Photo By Sgt. Brandy Mort, Kentucky National Guard PAO)
Ali-Frazier II took place January 28, 1974. Its the second of three bouts between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, that took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, on January 28, 1974. Ali won by unanimous decision.
Muhammad Ali reacts during a New York press conference promoting the upcoming fight against George Foreman in May 1974.
Photograph: The Ring Magazine/Getty Images
Via:
www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/oct/29/muhammad-al...
Travel back in time to 1974 and listen to Muhammad Ali talk about his upcoming "Rumble in the Jungle" bout with George Foreman.
This 2-minute video includes his famous “I’m so bad, I make medicine sick!” 😊
www.history.com/topics/1970s/the-rumble-in-the-jungle-197...
The four lions were ordered in 1871, to stand guard around the statue of Muhammad 'Ali in Alexandria, but instead were installed at the ends of the al-Gezira Bridge (1872). While the new bridge was being constructed, they were moved to the zoo. When the bridge was completed, the lions were relocated and King Fuad I inaugurated the new bridge, naming it after his father, the Khedive Ismail Bridge.
Design, Qasr el-Nil Bridge: Sir Ralph Freeman 1880 -1950, an English structural engineer.
Artist: Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart 1824-1896, a noted French sculptor.
Patron: Khedive Isma'il (İsmail Paşa, Ismail the Magnificent) 1830-1895, grandson of Ali, Khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt & Sudan (r.1867-1879).
King Fuad I (Ahmed Fuad Paşa) 1868-1936, brother of Hussein Kamel, King of Egypt and Sudan (1922-1936).
Ali went to fight Oscar Bonavena at Madison Square Garden on December 7, 1970. After a tough 14 rounds, Ali stopped Bonavena in the 15th, paving the way for a title fight against Joe Frazier.For more visit
Patron: Amir Fakhr al-Din Abd al-Ghani ibn Abd al-Raziq ibn Taj al-Din d.1418, civilian amir, serving as a wazir for Sultans Farag ibn Barquq (r.1399-1405 & 1406-1412) and al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh (r.1412-1421). His methods of tax collecting were harsh and tyrannical.
Restoration 1851: Mumtaz Qadin, concubine of Muhammad 'Ali (r.1805-1848) and mother of Husayn Bey.
Islamic Monument #184