Sabil-Kuttab of Qaytbay

Coordinates: 30°01′51″N 31°15′17″E / 30.03083°N 31.25472°E

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Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay
Native name سبيل وكتـّاب السلطان قايتباي (Arabic)
View of the sabil-kuttab from Saliba street.
Type	Sabil; kuttab
Coordinates	30°01′51″N 31°15′17″E / 30.03083°N 31.25472°E / 30.03083; 31.25472
Founder	Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay
Built	1479 CE (884 AH)
Restored	1999
Restored by	Supreme Council of Antiquities; Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional
Current use	tourist attraction (historic site); the Suzanne Mubarak Center for Islamic Civilization
Architectural style(s)	Mamluk, Islamic

The Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay is a Mamluk-era charitable foundation and building in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1479 on the order of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay and is located on Saliba Street in the historic districts of Cairo.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The building is composed of a sabil (a water distribution kiosk) on the ground floor and a kuttab (primary school teaching the Qur'an) on the upper floors. Below the structure, underground, is a cistern from which water was drawn for the sabil. The structure was the first free-standing sabil-kuttab in Cairo; a type of building that would later become quite common during the Ottoman period.^[4]

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Entrance portal.
Exterior polychrome marble and stone-carving decoration
Interior of sabil chamber, with window through which attendant gave out water.
Marble salsabil over which water flowed inside the attendant's chamber.
Painted wooden ceiling inside the sabil chamber.
The underground water cistern.

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^ Williams, Caroline (2018). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (7th ed.). Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 289.
^ Torky, Tarek (2019). "Sabil (Water Dispensary) and Kuttab (Qur'anic School) of Sultan Qaytbay". Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
^ Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. 2007. Cairo of the Mamluks: A History of Architecture and its Culture. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press.
^ Blair, Sheila S.; Bloom, Jonathan (1995). The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250-1800. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. pp. 92.

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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