Cairo, Egypt

Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad

Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, Cairo

Built between 1415 and 1421 beside the gate of Bab Zuwayla, this grand Mamluk mosque rose where Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh had once been jailed, its twin minarets standing atop the old Fatimid gate towers.

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Location

Coordinates: 30.043, 31.258

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