Khanqah of Baybars II

Coordinates: 30°03′5.9″N 31°15′49.5″E / 30.051639°N 31.263750°E

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The Khanqah of Baybars II is a medieval building located on historic Sharia Gamaliya in Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1306 and 1310 in the medieval Islamic Cairo to accommodate four hundred Sufis and children of the Mamluk Sultanate.^[1] This is the oldest khanqah or convent that has survived in modern Cairo.

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Baibars al-Jashankir (Arabic: بيبرس الجاشنكير) or Baibars II (d.1310, Cairo) (royal name: al-Malik al-Muzaffar Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Jashankir al-Mansuri; Arabic: الملك المظفر ركن الدين بيبرس الجاشنكير المنصورى) (Nickname: Abu al-Fath (Arabic: أبوالفتح)), was known as al-gashankir, "the taster", a court position he held at one point. He served as the Atabek of Egypt and after the death of Emir Salar, he became the Sultan of Egypt in 1309. He sponsored lavish decoration of the building.

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Within the confines of the irregular site, the various functions of the Khanqah were interwoven into an architecturally rich building complex. The elegant facade has an imposing arched entrance that projects into the street. The doorway is set back in a marble recess covered with a hood of stalactites. A block of pharaonic stone engraved with hieroglyphics was used for the doorsill.

The minaret, capped with a ribbed dome that was once covered with green faience tiles, is located on the south side of the building. The first tier is square and trimmed with rows of stalactites, or Muqarnas vaulting, while the second is cylindrical.

References

^ Fernandes, Leonor (1987). "The Foundation of Baybars al-Jashankir: Its Waqf, History, and Architecture". Muqarnas. 4: 21–42. doi:10.2307/1523094. JSTOR 1523094.

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30°03′5.9″N 31°15′49.5″E / 30.051639°N 31.263750°E / 30.051639; 31.263750

Islamic Cairo

Northern part

Gates	Bab al-Barqiyya Bab al-Futuh Bāb al-Naşr Bab al-Wazir Gates of Khan al-Khalili Bab Zuweila
Main streets	al-Muizz Street (Qasabah Street) Bayn al-Qasrayn
Mosques and religious structures	Al-Azhar Mosque (see also Al-Azhar University) Al-Hakim Mosque Al-Hussein Mosque Mosque of Almalik al-Jukandar Madrasa of Tatar al-Hijaziya Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque Aqmar Mosque Church of the Virgin Mary Complex of Amir Qurqumas Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay Complex of Sultan al-Ghuri Complex of Sultan Qalawun Khanqah of Baybars II Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad Madrasa-Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab Mosque of Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
Others	Al-Azhar Park Bayt al-Suhaymi Beshtak Palace Hammam of Sultan Inal Khan el-Khalili Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay Wikala of al-Ghuri Wikala of Qawsun Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay

Southern part

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