Minaret of al-Azhar mosque (Cairo)

Located in Darb al-Aḥmar, next to Kobri al-Azhar, Cairo.

Photographs taken by Simon Rousselot on November 2019

One epigraphic emblem of sultan Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī on the base of the minaret he built.

قانصوه الغوري مولانا السلطان الملك الاشرف عز نصره

Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī (u) our master, the sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf (c) May his victory be glorified (l)

Possible dating: 916/1510-11

Close-up of the emblem:

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To sultan Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī’s page


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