Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan (Cairo, Egypt)
The
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is a massive Mamluk era mosque and madrassa
located near the Citadel in Cairo. Its construction began 757 AH/1356 CE with
work ending three years later "without even a single day of
idleness". At the time of construction the mosque was considered
remarkable for its fantastic size and innovative architectural components.
Commissioned by a sultan of a short and relatively unimpressive profile,
al-Maqrizi noted that within the mosque were several "wonders of construction".
The mosque was, for example, designed to include schools for all four of the
Sunni schools of thought: Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanafi and Hanbali.
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