Sabil-Kuttab-Wakala of Sultan Qaytbay
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Alternative Titles
Wakala-Sabil-Sabil-Kuttab of Qa'it Bay
Sabil-Kuttab and Wikala of Qaytbay
Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qayt Bay
Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qayt-Bay
Sultan Qaytbay Sabil-Kuttab and Wakala Complex at Al-Azhar
Description
The earliest stand-alone Sabil-Kuttab in Cairo, it establishes the type as a pietistic endowment in the urban milieu without it being attached to a larger religious complex. plan (drawing), ground floor
Type of Work
School (building); Welfare building; WakalaSubject
Merchants, Schools, Warehouses, Commercial buildings, Lodging-houses, Commerce, Islamic religious education, Wakalas, Sabil-kuttabs, Travelers, Architecture, Islamic --Egypt, Qa'it Bay, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, d. 1496, Public welfare
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Item is Part of
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