Mausoleum and mosque of sultan Barsbāy (Cairo)

Located in the Northern Cemetery, Cairo.

Photographs taken by Simon Rousselot on November 2019

Two epigraphic emblems above the entrance gate:

برسباى السلطان الملك الاشرف عز نصره

Barsbāy (u) the sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf (c) may his victory be glorified (l)

Possible dating: 834/1431-835/1432

Close-up of the emblem:

 

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