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  • Sultan Barquq Complex

  • Sultan Barquq Complex

    Sultan Barquq Complex or Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq is an Islamic complex consists of mosque and madrassa and located in Cairo, Egypt. It was built by the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Barquq between 1384-1386 AD as a school for religious education. 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
    Sultan Barquq Complex
    by A Shawareb, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Sultan Barquq Complex
    by Moh hakem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Sultan Barquq Complex
    by Nan deko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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    Sultan Barquq Complex

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Egypt

    Cairo

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    14th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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