Located in Sharia al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah, between the complex of sultan Qalāwūn and the madrasa of sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad, Cairo.
Epigraphic emblems on the main corridor’s doors and in grating panels above the four doors of the courtyard.
Epigraphic emblem on the door:
برقوق السلطان الملك الظاهر عز نصره
Barqūq (u) the sultan al-Malik al-Ẓāhir (c) may his victory be glorified (l)
Epigraphic emblem on the grating panels:
الظاهر السلطان الملك برقوق
al-Ẓāhir (u) the sultan al-Malik (c) Barqūq (l)
Possible dating: 786/1384-788/1386
Close-up of the emblems:
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Simon Rousselot (March 7, 2020). Madrasa of sultan Barqūq (Cairo). Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved October 6, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdk6