Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex

Coordinates: 30°02′08″N 31°15′37″E / 30.0355°N 31.2604°E

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Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex مسجد ومدرسة الأمير خاير بك

Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Region	Africa
Status	Active
Location
Location	Bab al-Wazir street, Islamic Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Shown within Egypt
Geographic coordinates	30°02′08″N 31°15′37″E / 30.0355°N 31.2604°E / 30.0355; 31.2604
Architecture
Type	Madrasa, Mausoleum, Mosque
Style	Islamic Mamluk architecture
Completed	908-926 AH 1502-1520 CE^[1]

Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex, Mosque-Madrasa of Al-Amir Khair Bak or Khayrbak Mosque (Arabic: مسجد ومدرسة الأمير خاير بك) is a religious complex at Bab al-Wazir street (Darb al-Ahmar district), Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It originally consisted of a mausoleum established by the Ottoman governor of Egypt Khayr Bak in 1502 CE. Later he added a madrasa and a mosque, and annexed the adjacent Amir Alin Aq Palace (built in 1293) which was used by him as residence.^[1] On the surrounding area, there is Citadel of Cairo located on the southeast, Amir Alin Aq Palace on the southwest, Aqsunqur Mosque on the northeast side. It is one of many Circassian (Burji) style Mamluk architectures built during the Middle Ages.

Architecture

On the exterior there is a domed roof with floral motifs, an arched entrance covered with muqarnas, a pathway that leads to north end of the complex, and a minaret which lost its peak at the earthquake of 1884, but was reconstructed in 2003.^[2]

As for the interior, it is rectangular shaped and there is an incised bowl with four ribs, and it is surrounded by four iwans. The eastern and western iwans are deeper than the iwan with qibla which occupies the southern side of the building and the northern iwan on the opposite side, due to the building being rectangular. The walls of the iwans are surrounded by 1.5 meters marble mantle above the madrasa floor, topped with a strip inscribed with verses from Surah al-Fath. The mihrab is in the middle of the southern wall and is surrounded by two smaller rings. These three girders occupy the whole area of the southern iwan.

References

^ ^a ^b Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex. Penn Libraries Fine Arts Library Image Collection. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex Retrieved April 6, 2020.

External links

Government Website of Islamic artifacts

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Elsewhere in Egypt	Al-Fattah al-Aleem Abu Haggag Ahmad al-Badawi El-Tabia Ibrahim El Desouki Sidi Arif
Category Islam in Egypt Mosques by country

v t e Mausoleums in Egypt
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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

Main streets	Salah al-Din Square Saliba Street Al-Darb al-Ahmar Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street)
Mosques and religious structures	Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque Al-Rifa'i Mosque Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque) Juyushi Mosque Lulua Mosque Madrasa of Sarghatmish Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban Madrasa of Uljay al-Yusufi Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di (Mausoleum of Hasan Sadaqa) Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i Mausoleum of Amir Qawsun Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu Mosque of Amir al-Maridani Mosque and Mausoleum of Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar Mosque of Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar Mosque of Ibn Tulun Mosque of Khushqadam el-Ahmadi Mosque of Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque of Muhammad Ali Mosque of Qani-Bay Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi Mosque of Qaytbay (at Qal'at al-Kabsh) Mosque of Sulayman Pasha Mosque of Taghribirdi Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan Sayeda Aisha Mosque Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque Sayyidah Zainab Mosque Sultaniyya Mausoleum Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli
Museums	Al-Gawhara Palace Amir Taz Palace Carriage Museum Egyptian National Military Museum Gayer-Anderson Museum
Others	Amir Alin Aq Palace Bayt al-Razzaz Palace Bayt al-Sinnari Cairo Citadel Cairo Citadel Aqueduct Hosh al-Basha Maristan of al-Mu'ayyad Palace of Yashbak Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street) Sabil-Kuttab of Qaytbay

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