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Coordinates: 30.029151°N 31.260945°E. The Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun Mosque is an early 14th-century mosque at the Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. It was built by the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasr Muhammad in 1318 as the royal mosque of the Citadel, where the sultans of Cairo performed their Friday prayers.
The mosque of Sultan alNasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, in the Citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin) in Cairo, was the royal mosque during the Mamluk Period. It is located in the Citadel’s southern section. The Mamluk sultan, al-Nasir Muhammad, has ordered this mosque be built in 718 AH/ 1318 AD. He rebuilt it in 735 AH/1335 AD.
The mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun is in the southern residential section of the Citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, also known as Citadel of the Mountain (Qala'a al Jabal), Cairo, Egypt. Date of Monument: Built in AH 718 / AD 1318; enlarged extensively in AH 735 / AD 1335. Architect (s) / master-builder (s):
Masjid al-Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun Cairo, Egypt The mosque was built by al-Nasir Muhammad in 1318 during his third and longest reign (1309-1340) as the royal mosque of the citadel, possibly on the site of the Ayyubid congregational mosque, which al-Nasir Muhammad ordered demolished and built anew.
Oct 30, 2018 · Location: At the Citadel / Al-Muizz al-Din Street, Cairo, Egypt. Built: 1318AD / 718 AH Built by: sultan Al-Nasr Muhammad History: The Mosque of Sultan Al-Nasir Mohammad Ibn Qalawun is a square-shaped mosque consisting of four aisles surrounding a nave. The mosque includes two entrances and two minarets.
Concepts. Al-Nasir Muhammad: (1293-1341 with two interruptions) The most important of the Mamluk sultans. Cairo more than doubled in size during his long reign. He dug a new canal (al-khalij al-Nasiri), and developed with his amirs the areas around it and along the new shore of the receding Nile.
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.
