Behind al-Azhar mosque, Cairo.
Several epigraphic emblems along the facade.
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: 882/1477
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Simon Rousselot (March 9, 2020). Caravanserai and public fountain of sultan Qāytbāy (Cairo). Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved October 6, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdkd