Mausoleum of Khāyrbak b. Bilbāy (Aleppo)

Located near Bāb al-Maqām

Multiple emblems along the facade, some on the north and west walls.

 بسمله . . . أنشأ هذه التربة المباركة المقرّ الأشرف الكريم العالى المولوي  الكافلي السيفي خايربك الأشرفي كافل المملكة الحلبية المحروسة أعزّ الله تعالى أنصاره بتأريخ شهر ربيع الأوّل عام عشرين وتسعمائة

In the name of the most merciful God. Constructed this blessed mausoleum His Most Noble and Honorable and High Excellency, our Lord, the Viceroy Sayf al-Dīn Khāybak al-Ashrafī, Viceroy of the protected province of Aleppo, may God the Exalted make his victories glorious ; on the date of Rabī’ I of the year 920 (began 26th April 1514).

Possible dating: 920/1514

To Khāyrbak b. Bilbāy’s page


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Simon Rousselot (February 21, 2020). Mausoleum of Khāyrbak b. Bilbāy (Aleppo). Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved September 19, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdav


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