Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban, Educational complex in Darb al-Ahmar district, Cairo, Egypt
The Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban features a main entrance with nine-tiered muqarnas arch and two mausoleums covered by distinctive domes.
Built between 1368 and 1369, Sultan al-Ashraf Sha'ban commissioned this madrasa to honor his mother Khawand Baraka while she was on pilgrimage to Mecca.
The institution served as a center for teaching two Islamic schools of law, Hanafi and Shafi'i, and included facilities for Quranic manuscript production.
The complex underwent extensive restoration through the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme in the early 2000s to preserve its architectural elements.
The mausoleum domes display corner niches in their transition zones, a construction technique found in only select examples of Mamluk architecture.
Location: Cairo Governorate
Elevation above the sea: 38 m
Part of: Islamic Cairo
GPS coordinates: 30.03713,31.25949
Latest update: March 3, 2025 23:53
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