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The complex of Sultan Qalawun was built for the sultan by Amir 'Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Shuja'i in 1284-5 and consisted of the founder's mausoleum, madrasa, and a maristan (hospital). The complex was located on al-Mu'izz Street.
The floor plan of the mausoleum is a square, the sides of which measure 35 m, approximately, in the midst of which are four great granite pillars with gilded capitals, and four brick piers panelled in fine marble and inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
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The Qalawun Complex is built over the Fatimid Palaceof Cairoruins. It was handed over to numerous individuals until it was at last bought in 1283 AD by Sultan Qalawun. The structure resides in the Bayn al-Qasrayn and has been an important religious centre for rituals and ceremonies of the Islamic faith for decades, extending from the Mamluk dynasty...
It took around 13 months to build the funerary complex of Sultan al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Qalawun, comprising both mausoleum and madrasa, from 1284–1285. The supervision of the whole building project was overseen by emir ‘Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Shuja‘i al-Mansuri, who forcibly hired Mongol war prisoners and workers from Cairo and Fustat to assist. It i...
A moderate horseshoe arched portal leads into a passage separating the madrasah from the mausoleum. The Madrasah, on a cruciformplan, is to the left of the entrance and the tomb is on the right. Inside there are four Iwanswhich once contained four different law schools. Also on the east side is an exquisite stucco Mihrab. The interiors were in quit...
It is said the Mausoleum was never supposed to become a burial site but later on it became the place to host both the Sultan and his son’s body. The mausoleum’s mihrabis considered one of the most lavish of its kind. This is however in stark contrast to the mihrab of the madrasa, which is less grand and impressive in esthetics and size as well. The...
The madrasa had two recesses and two iwansaccording to sources. The madrasa’s sanctuary faces the courtyard with a tripartite two-storeyed façade encompassing a central arch which is flanked by two smaller arches, and mounted by analogous arched openings. The madrasa’s mihrab has a horse-shoe arch similar to the mausoleum but is less elaborate, ref...
Although it is not visible from the street now, the hospital once stood as the most impressive and lavish hospital of its time. The hospital operated through the late Ottoman period before it was demolished in 1910. The hospital in addition tomedicaltreatment offered various other amenities to the sick and poor. The hospital was constructed from th...
In the reign of al-Nasir Muhammad who was the son and successor of Sultan Qalawun, the structure was restored numerous times. The minarets were restored after a strong earthquake occurred in 1327 AD. Another restoration happened in 1776 when Abdul-Rahman Katkhuda, developed an Ottoman Sabil that was beautifully built on the other side of the street...
The Qalawun complex ( Arabic: مجمع قلاون) is a massive pious complex in Cairo, Egypt, built by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun from 1284 to 1285. It is located at Bayn al-Qasrayn on al-Mu'izz street and like many other pious complexes includes a hospital ( bimaristan ), a madrasa and mausoleum.
Qalāʾūn complex, building complex, including a mausoleum, a madrasah, and a hospital, built in 1283–85 on the site of present-day Cairo by the fifth Mamlūk sultan, Qalāʾūn. The hospital, now in ruins, was one of the most remarkable buildings of the Mamlūk era.
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It was established by Sultan Sayf al-Din Qalawun in 683-684 AH/ 1283-1284 AD. It is one of the most beautiful architectural complexes in Egypt dating to the Mamluk period. It consists of a mosque, a school, a burial, and a hospital (bimaristan is a Persian word that means “house of the ill”).
