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Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex

القاهرة, Italy

Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex

The Sultan al-Ghuri Complex, also known as the Funerary complex of Sultan al-Ghuri, and as the al-Ghuriya, is a monumental Islamic religious and funerary complex built by the Mamluk sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri between 1503 and 1505 CE. The complex consists of two major buildings facing each other on al-M

u'izz li-Din Allah Street, in the Fahhamin Quarter, in the middle of the historic part of Cairo, Egypt. The eastern side of the complex includes the Sultan's mausoleum, a khanqah, a sabil (water distribution kiosk), and a kuttab (Islamic primary school), while the western side of the complex is a mosque and madrasa. Today the mosque-madrasa is open as a mosque while the former khanqah-mausoleum is open to visitors as a historic site.

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