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    The funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay is an architectural complex built by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay in Cairo's Northern Cemetery. It was built...
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    Zawiya of Shaykh Zayn al-Din Yusuf Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay Funerary complex of Emir...
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    The Sultan al-Ghuri Complex or Funerary complex of Sultan al-Ghuri, also known as al-Ghuriya, is a monumental Islamic religious and funerary complex built...
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    cistern. Sabil of Qaytbay (at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem) Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Qaytbay (at al-Azhar) Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay (at the Northern...
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    Cairo (redirect from History of Cairo)
    above the gate of Bab Zuwayla), the Sultan Al-Ghuri complex, the funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay in the Northern Cemetery, and the trio of monuments in...
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    Qaitbay (redirect from Qaytbay)
    Tomb of the Prophet, was extensively renewed through Qaitbay's patronage. One of Qaytbay's largest building projects in Cairo was his funerary complex in...
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    (Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay, circa 1432) Stone dome with superimposed geometric and floral motifs at the Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay (completed...
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    Islamic Cairo (redirect from Walls of Cairo)
    above the gate of Bab Zuwayla), the Sultan Al-Ghuri complex, the funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay in the Northern Cemetery, and the trio of monuments in...
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  • maristan Dome of the Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay (1474) Madrasa-Mosque of Sultan Hasan (1356–1361) The Christianization of Nubia began in the 6th...
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    The Khanqah and Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay or Complex of Sultan Barsbay is an Islamic funerary complex built by Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in 1432 CE in...
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    of Bab Zuweila, built between 1415 and 1420 for the nearby Mosque of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh Carved stone dome of the Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay (completed...
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    vicinity and beyond. In Sultan Qaytbay's time one of his amirs, Yashbak min Mahdi, built the Rab' al-Badistan, an apartment complex for renters, just across...
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    one of multiple monuments sponsored by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay. It is not to be confused with the more famous Funerary complex of Qaytbay in...
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    F. (1993). Twilight of Majesty: The Reigns of the Mamlūk Sultans Al-Ashrāf Qāytbāy and Qanṣūh Al-Ghawrī in Egypt. University of Washington Press....
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    Burji, meaning 'of the tower', refers to the traditional residence of these Mamluks in the barracks of the Citadel of Cairo. Although sultans typically designated...
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    or independent sabil-kuttab was the one built by Sultan Qaytbay in 1479 (the Sabil-Kuttab of Qaytbay) along Saliba Street. It was only under Ottoman rule...
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    The Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib or funerary mosque of Amir Ulmas al-Hajib is a historic mosque and mausoleum in Cairo, Egypt. It was commissioned by a Mamluk...
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    place, perhaps in part because of his early death. Sultan Qaytbay made a similar attempt nearby with his own funerary complex later that century, which was...
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    much of the monumental heritage of historic Cairo. Some long-reigning sultans, such as Al-Nasir Muhammad (r. 1293–1341, with interruptions) and Qaytbay (r...
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    Nile floods. The yearly opening of the canal was celebrated as a major festival. In the 14th century, the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad created a second...
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    revival of the decorative style of Sultan Qaytbay's reign in the late 15th century. One of the notable mosques from this period is the Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab...
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    Tarabay was a mamluk slave purchased by Qaytbay who served as leader of the mamluks in Egypt under the reign of Sultan al-Ghuri (1501–1516). Also adjacent...
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    type of layout is found in many other buildings of this era, including the Funerary complex of Qaytbay and the Madrasa of the Sultan al-Ghuri Complex. The...
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  • متحف المركبات الملكية) is located at the Citadel in Cairo, Egypt, in front of Suleiman Pasha Mosque. The museum was inaugurated in 1983, then it was re-inaugurated...
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    domed tomb at its northern end led to the series of funerary madrassas built in Cairo by the Mamluk Sultans. In the Yemen area, the earliest surviving domed...
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