Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan

Sultan Hassan Mosque Look up Mosque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Sultan Hassan Mosque is considered stylistically the most compact and unified of all Cairo monuments. It is one of the masterpieces of Mamluk architecture. The building was commissioned by Sultan Hassan bin Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun in 1356 AD as a mosque and religious school for all four juristic branches of Sunni Islam. It was designed so that each of the four schools of thought - Shafi , Maliki , Hanafi and Hanbali - has its own area while sharing the mosque. . Construction started in 1356 AD and ended 7 years later in 1363 AD. Building materials used were harvested from the casing stones of the Giza Necropolis . One of the minarets collapsed during construction killing 300 people. The state was able to fund the massive structure through the properties that were left behind by the victims of the Black Death . The Sultan was assassinated before the mosque was completed and his body was never recovered. The magnificent burial chamber that was intended for him holds his two sons instead. The facade is 76 meters long and 36 meters high. The cornices, the entrance portal, the burial chamber, and the monumental staircase are particularly noteworthy. Verses from the Quran in elegant Kufic and Thuluth scripts adorn the inner walls. The mosque is featured on the Egyptian one-hundred pound note. an interior view of the mosque's Iwans Sultan Hassan Mosque (left) along with the later El Rifai Mosque (right) and two smaller Ottoman mosques (foreground) - Cairo Williams, Caroline (2002). Islamic Monuments in Cairo .

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 .

The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan ( ) is a monumental mosque and madrassa located in the historic district of Cairo , Egypt . It was built between 1356 and 1363 during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan . The mosque was considered remarkable for its massive size and innovative architectural components, and is still considered one of the most impressive historic monuments in Cairo today. The Mosques of Egypt .

Mosque in Cairo, Egypt The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan ( ) is a monumental mosque and madrasa located in Salah al-Din Square in the historic district of Cairo , Egypt . It was built between 1356 and 1363 during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan . The mosque was considered remarkable for its massive size and innovative architectural components, and is still considered one of the most impressive historic monuments in Cairo today. The Mosques of Egypt .

Mosque in Cairo, Egypt The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan ( Arabic : مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن ) is a monumental mosque and madrasa located in Salah al-Din Square in the historic district of Cairo , Egypt . It was built between 1356 and 1363 during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan . The mosque was considered remarkable for its massive size and innovative architectural components, and is still considered one of the most impressive historic monuments in Cairo today. The Mosques of Egypt .