Khanqah of Baybars al-Gashankir

خانقاه بيبرس الجاشنكير

The Khanqah of Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Jashnakir in Cairo, within the Dar al-Wizara, facing the Dirb al-Asfar (al-Maqrizi, pp. 1034, 1065).

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Overview

The Khanqah of Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Jashnakir in Cairo, within the Dar al-Wizara, faces the Dirb al-Asfar, the slaughter ground where the caliphs sacrificed animals 1 2.

Its neighbours

Al-Maqrizi says that the Qaraqanshiyya madrasa and the Khanqah of Rukn al-Din Baybars were both part of the Dar al-Wizara, and that the lands beside the khanqah extended to Bab al-Jawaniyya 1.

He also says that the house of Amir Qazman and the house of the vizier Sanqur al-A'sar stood beside the khanqah 1.

Sources

  1. 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.1065
  2. 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.1200
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