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- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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- Egypt & Nile
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Overview
The mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh stands inside Bab Zuwayla in Cairo. Al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Abu al-Nasr Shaykh al-Mahmudi al-Zahiri built it on the site of Khizanat Shamail, where criminals were imprisoned, and of the qaysariyya of Sanqur al-Ashqar, the Darb al-Saghira, and the qaysariyya of Baha al-Din Arslan 1.
The qaysariyya
The qaysariyya of Sanqur al-Ashqar was taken into the Mu'ayyadi mosque when it was demolished in Jumada I 818 AH 2.
The minaret
Al-Maqrizi says that Baha al-Din Muhammad was in charge of the mosque's building and its upkeep, and he gives verses that were said about the tilt of the minaret over Bab Zuwayla 3.
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Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh
Sources
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.2143
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1535
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.2147
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islam.museum contributors. “Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Mosque, Cairo”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/al-muayyad-mosque-cairo/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.