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Sultan Qala'un Funerary Complex: Khanqah and minarets

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

Complex (khanaqah, mausoleum and minarets) of the Mamluk Sultan Barquq built behind the Complex of Qala'un in 1384-1386. The mausoleum was for one of his daughters. The complex of the Mamluk sultan Qala'un (reigned 1280-1290) was built in 1284-1285 on the site of the former Fatimid palace. It comprises a hospital (maristan), madrasa, mausoleum and minaret. The hospital incorporated some of the old palace. The madrasa has an unusual four-iwan plan with two vestigial iwans on the sides; it anticipates those popular for madrasas in later centuries.

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Complex (khanaqah, mausoleum and minarets) of the Mamluk Sultan Barquq built behind the Complex of Qala'un in 1384-1386. The mausoleum was for one of his daughters. The complex of the Mamluk sultan Qala'un (reigned 1280-1290) was built in 1284-1285 on the site of the former Fatimid palace. It comprises a hospital (maristan), madrasa, mausoleum and minaret. The hospital incorporated some of the old palace. The madrasa has an unusual four-iwan plan with two vestigial iwans on the sides; it anticipates those popular for madrasas in later centuries.
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G. Massiot & cie
Circa 1910
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https://curate.nd.edu/show/k0698626b82

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