Located close to his complex in the Northern Cemetery, Cairo.
Two epigraphic emblems above the main inscription and two above the entrance gate (of what remains of the monument).
ابو النصر قايتباي عز لمولانا السلطان الملك الاشرف عز نصره
Ābū’l-Nāṣr Qāytbāy (u) Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, al-Malik al-Ashraf (c) may his victory be glorified (l)
Possible dating: 879/1474-75
Close-up of the emblem:
For more details: https://islamicinscriptions.cultnat.org/InscriptionDetails?id=9375
https://islamicinscriptions.cultnat.org/InscriptionDetails?id=9376
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Simon Rousselot (March 9, 2020). Rab’ of sultan Qāytbāy (Cairo). Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved October 16, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdkf