Located near al-Azhar mosque, known as madrasa al-Ghawriyya, Cairo.
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
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Simon Rousselot (March 6, 2020). Mausoleum and madrasa of sultan Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī (Cairo). Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved November 9, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdjq