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  • Mosque and Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha’ban

  • Mosque and Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha’ban

    Mosque and Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha’ban is an Islamic complex from the Mamluk era that includes a mosque, a madrasa and a mausoleum. It is located outside Bab Zuweila on Bab al-Wazir Street in the Darb al-Ahmar area in the Islamic city of Cairo in Egypt. The complex was founded between 1368 and 1369 AD by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sha’ban in honor of his mother, Khawand Baraka. The complex was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of Historic Cairo.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Cairo.
    World Heritage Site
    Mosque and Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha’ban
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    Mosque and Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha’ban

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

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    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Egypt

    Cairo Governorate

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    14th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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