The Art And Architecture of Islamic Cairo
The Art And Architecture of Islamic Cairo
The Art And Architecture of Islamic Cairo
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<strong>The</strong> appointment <strong>of</strong> such a distinguished jurist to head a khanqah<br />
demonstrates how closely integrated at that time the Sufi orders were<br />
with orthodox teaching. He died in 1406 and is buried in the Sufi<br />
cemetery outside <strong>Cairo</strong>.<br />
During the reign <strong>of</strong> al-Nasir Muhammad urban expansion<br />
filled the areas between the Citadel and the Fatimid walls near Bab<br />
Zuwaila, and the increasing population required the use <strong>of</strong> two new<br />
congregational mosques. Both mosques, the Maridani and the<br />
Aqsunqur, were built by sons-in-law <strong>of</strong> al-Nasir Muhammad. <strong>The</strong><br />
mosque <strong>of</strong> al-Maridani (1340) has a hypostyle format similar to the<br />
Citadel mosque <strong>of</strong> al-Nasir Muhammad, although its exterior has<br />
nothing <strong>of</strong> the former’s austerity. <strong>The</strong> riwaqs are two aisles deep and<br />
the prayer hall four, with a prominent dome over the mihrab. <strong>The</strong><br />
stilted arcading facing the sahn is very high, with antique columns<br />
supporting tall piers from which spring pointed arches. Compared to<br />
Takiyet al-<br />
Sulamaniya<br />
(1543)<br />
Fatimid<br />
Ayyubid<br />
Bahri Mamluk<br />
Circassian<br />
Ottoman<br />
(from 1517)<br />
Mosque <strong>of</strong> Ganibak<br />
(1426–7)<br />
Remains <strong>of</strong><br />
mosque<br />
<strong>of</strong> Qusun<br />
(1329)<br />
Sultan Hasan<br />
mosque<br />
STREET OF SADDLEMAKERS STREET OF TENTMAKERS<br />
MUHAMMAD ALI STREET<br />
Mosque <strong>of</strong><br />
al-Salih Tala’i<br />
(1160)<br />
Madrasa <strong>of</strong><br />
Inal al-Yusufi<br />
(1392)<br />
Gate <strong>of</strong> Mangak<br />
al-Silahdar (1346–7)<br />
Rifa‘i mosque<br />
(1911)<br />
Madrasa <strong>of</strong><br />
Qani Bay<br />
Amir Akhor<br />
(1420)<br />
Mosque <strong>of</strong> Mu'ayyad<br />
(1415–20)<br />
Bab Zuwaila (1092)<br />
Fatimid city wall<br />
(1092)<br />
Mosque and sabil <strong>of</strong><br />
Qijmas al-Ishaqi<br />
(1480–1)<br />
al-Maridani<br />
mosque<br />
(1339–40)<br />
Madrasa <strong>of</strong><br />
Sultan Sha’ban<br />
(1367)<br />
Mosque <strong>of</strong> Ganika<br />
al-Bahlawan<br />
(1478–1510)<br />
Mosque<br />
<strong>of</strong> Sudun<br />
(1401)<br />
Madrasa<br />
<strong>of</strong> al-Gay<br />
al-Yusufi<br />
(1373)<br />
Waqf<br />
Omar<br />
Agha<br />
(1652)<br />
Mosque <strong>of</strong><br />
Aslam<br />
al-Silahdar<br />
(1344)<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Wall <strong>of</strong> Salah al-Din<br />
N<br />
House <strong>of</strong> waqf <strong>of</strong><br />
Ibrahim Agha<br />
(1652)<br />
Mosque <strong>of</strong> Aqsunqur<br />
(1346–47)<br />
House <strong>of</strong> waqf<br />
Ibrahim Agha<br />
(1652)<br />
Mosque <strong>of</strong> Khayrbak<br />
(1502)<br />
200 metres<br />
200 yards<br />
left: <strong>Cairo</strong> from mosque <strong>of</strong> Sultan Hasan<br />
to Bab Zuwaila.<br />
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