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Sultan Qala'un Funerary Complex: View of the top of the minaret

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

The papyrus cornices of the upper storeys of the minaret (the uppermost by Qala'un's son al-Nasir Muhammad) are a most unusual example of Pharaonic motifs in Egyptian Islamic art. 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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The papyrus cornices of the upper storeys of the minaret (the uppermost by Qala'un's son al-Nasir Muhammad) are a most unusual example of Pharaonic motifs in Egyptian Islamic art. 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/j673126040c

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