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Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan

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Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Phone:
01006363999

Address:
Maydan Salah al-Din, Cairo 11511, Egypt

The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is a massive mosque and madrassa located in the Old city of Cairo, it was built during the Mamluk Islamic era in Egypt. Its construction began 757 AH/1356 CE with work ending three years later without even a single day of idleness. At the time of construction the mosque was considered remarkable for its fantastic size and innovative architectural components. Commissioned by an-Nasir Hasan, a sultan of a short and relatively unimpressive profile, al-Maqrizi noted that within the mosque were several wonders of construction. The mosque was, for example, designed to include schools for all four of the Sunni schools of thought: Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanafi and Hanbali.
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