Historic site · Egypt
Khanqah of Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq
مجموعة السلطان الناصر فرج بن برقوق
A vast early-fifteenth-century mosque, Sufi khanqah and family tomb in Cairo’s eastern Mamluk cemetery, marked by twin minarets and domes.
Where it is
30.0491, 31.2789
Why go
Sultan al-Nasir Faraj ibn Barquq built this complex in the eastern part of the Mamluk cemetery between 1398 and 1411, and it ranks among the largest architectural ensembles in Egypt. It combines a mosque, a Sufi khanqah and a school, and it is the burial place of his father Sultan Barquq and members of the family. Its paired minarets and domes are the features that define the building. In 1940 the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe carried out an extensive restoration.
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