Complex of sultan Faraj (Cairo)

Located in the Northern Cemetery, Cairo.

Photographs taken by Simon Rousselot on November 2019

Two epigraphic emblems above the entrance gate.

فرج عز لمولانا السلطان الملك الناصر بن برقوق

Faraj (u) Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, al-Malik al-Nāṣir (c) Ibn Barqūq (l)

Possible dating: 813/1411

Close-up of the emblem:

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To sultan Faraj’s page


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Simon Rousselot (March 7, 2020). Complex of sultan Faraj (Cairo). Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved October 6, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdkb


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