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Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan

مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن

A mosque and madrasa in Cairo; Sultan Hasan began building it in 757 AH, and al-Maqrizi says no mosque of the Muslims is known to resemble it.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Overview

A mosque and madrasa in Cairo. Sultan Hasan began its building in 757 AH. 1

According to al-Maqrizi

Al-Maqrizi says that the building went on for three years without a break, and that twenty thousand dirhams were set aside for its expense each day. 1

He also says that no mosque of the Muslims is known to resemble this one, and that the great iwan measures sixty-five cubits in each direction. 1

People and things also explored

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

  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.2111
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islam.museum contributors. “Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/masjid-sultan-hasan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.

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