Located in Suq al-Silah Street (the same as the palace of Manjak), Cairo.
One emblem above the entrance door.
Inscription:
أمر بإنشاء هذه الحمّام المباركة المقرّ الأشرف العالي المولوي الأميري السيفي بشتاك الملكي الناصري دام عزّه
Ordered to build this blessed bath, His Most Noble and High Excellency, our Lord, the Great Amir, Sayf al-Dīn Bashtāk, (officer) of al-Malik al-Nāṣir, may his glory last forever.
Possible dating: before 742/1341
Close-up of the emblem:
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Simon Rousselot (March 7, 2020). Bath of Bashtāk (Cairo). Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved October 16, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdjt