Historic site · Egypt
Madrasa and Khanqah of Sultan Barquq
مدرسة وخانقاه السلطان الظاهر برقوق
A late-fourteenth-century Mamluk madrasa, mosque and Sufi khanqah on Al-Muizz Street, with a four-iwan court and painted wooden ceiling.
Where it is
30.0501, 31.2608
Why go
Sultan al-Zahir Barquq founded this complex on Al-Muizz Street between 1384 and 1386 to serve as a madrasa for the four Sunni schools, a mosque and a Sufi khanqah. Its open courtyard is framed by four iwans; the largest, on the qibla side, holds a marble mihrab, a wooden minbar and a ceiling painted and gilded with floral, geometric and calligraphic designs. A domed mausoleum holds the sultan’s father and several of his wives and sons, while a minaret rises above the entrance façade.
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