Located in Sharia Saliba, Cairo.
Several epigraphic emblems on the facade, in and above the entrance gate.
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: 884/1479-80
Close-ups of the emblems:
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https://islamicinscriptions.cultnat.org/InscriptionDetails?id=9283
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Simon Rousselot (March 9, 2020). Public fountain of sultan Qāytbāy 2 (Cairo). Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved December 12, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdkh