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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 , a madrasa and mausoleum.
Cairo, Egypt. 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 mausoleum's central, domed plan is connected to the madrasa by a long entrance passage, and the plan ...
Entrance to the royal mosque adjacent to the Qala'un complex, Cairo. 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.
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Qalāwūn aṣ-Ṣāliḥī ( Arabic: قلاوون الصالحي, c. 1222 – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Turkic Bahri Mamluk Sultan of Egypt; he ruled from 1279 to 1290. He was called al-Manṣūr Qalāwūn ( المنصور قلاوون, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). [1] After having risen in power in the Mamluk court and elite circles ...
Location: The complex is located on al-Muizz li-Din Allah Street (Bayn al-Qasrayn) in an area that was formerly part of the Western Fatimid Palace, Cairo, Egypt. Date of Monument: Hegira 684 / AD 1285. Architect (s) / master-builder (s): Amir Alam al-Din al-Shuja'i, who was an expert in architecture and engineering, supervised construction.
Jan 12, 2023 · The complex of Sultan Qalawun was built along the Shari' el-Moez (street) in 1284 by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun. It is comprised of a mosque-medersa, a mausoleum and a mauristan (which was replaced by a modern... The National. Jan 12, 2023.
May 11, 2020 · Sailko, . " Sultan Qalawun's Masoleum-Madrissa (Seminary) Complex ." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 11 May 2020. Web. 28 May 2024. The mausoleum-madrasa-maristan complex of Qalawun at Bayn al-Qasrayn (al-Muizz street), Cairo.
