Madrasa of sultan Barsbāy (Cairo)

Located at the beginning of Sharia al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah, Cairo.

Photographs taken by Simon Rousselot on November 2019

Two epigraphic emblems above the entrance door:

عز لمولانا السلطان المالك الملك الاشرف

Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, the Sovereign, al-Malik al-Ashraf

Possible dating: 826/1424

Close-up of the emblems:

For more details: https://islamicinscriptions.cultnat.org/InscriptionDetails?id=8816

 

To sultan Barsbāy’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Your email address will not be published.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.