Located on the Nile island of Zamalek, the Gezira Palace, built by the German architect Julius Franz between 1863 and 1868, served to accommodate high-ranking guests of Khedive Ibrahim Pasha who were attending the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. After various uses, the building became part of the Marriott Hotel in 1974.

See Elke Pflugradt-Abdel Aziz: Islamisierte Architektur in Kairo: Carl von Diebitsch und der Hofarchitekt Julius Franz – Preußisches Unternehmertum im Ägypten des 19. Jahrhunderts. Dissertation Universität Bonn 1992.