Mausoleum and madrasa of sultan Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī (Cairo)

Located near al-Azhar mosque, known as madrasa al-Ghawriyya, Cairo.

Photographs taken by Simon Rousselot on November 2019

Two epigraphic emblems above the entrance gate:

ابو النصرقانصوه الغورى عز لمولانا السلطان الملك الاشرف عز نصره

Ābū’l-Nāṣr Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī (u) glory to our master the sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf (c) may his victory be glorified (l)

Possible dating: 909/1503

Close-up of the emblem:

For more details: https://islamicinscriptions.cultnat.org/InscriptionDetails?id=7152

To sultan Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī’s page


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.