rabʻ Qāytbāy
The funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay, is an Islamic religious funerary complex located in the Northern Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt. Built by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay between 1470 and 1474, the complex consists of a mosque attached to Qaytbay's mausoleum, along with residential structures, a drinking trough for animals, and a smaller tomb.Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: place of prayer for Muslims in Egypt
- Also known as: “Complex of Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaytbay”, “Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay”, “Madrasa al-Sultan Qaitbay”, “Mosque and mausoleum of Qaytbay”, “Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Qaytbay”, “rab‘ of Qaytbay”, “rabʻ Qāʾit Bāy”, and “Sultan Qaytbay Complex”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Hussein Mosque.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 1¼ km west of rabʻ Qāytbāy.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 1¼ km west of rabʻ Qāytbāy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Abdin
Suburb
Photo: ThutmoseIII, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abdin is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km west of rabʻ Qāytbāy.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia. Al Daher is situated 3 km northwest of rabʻ Qāytbāy.
rabʻ Qāytbāy
- Categories: mosque, türbe, and mausoleum
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“rabʻ Qāytbāy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ربع قائت باي”
- Arabic: “ربع قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مجمع قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مجموعة الأشرف قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مجموعة السلطان الأشرف قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مجموعة السلطان قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مجموعة السلطان قيتباي”
- Arabic: “مجموعة قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مدرسة قايتباى (قرافة المماليك)”
- Arabic: “مدرسة قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مدرسة قيتباي (قرافة المماليك)”
- Arabic: “مسجد قايتباى”
- Arabic: “مسجد قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مسجد قيتباي”
- Arabic: “مسجد وتربة قايتباي”
- Arabic: “مسجد ومدرسة قايتباي”
- Bengali: “সুলতান কাইতবের সমাধি কমপ্লেক্স”
- Catalan: “Complex d’al-Àixraf Qayt-bay”
- Catalan: “mesquita i mausoleu de Qayt-bay”
- Cebuano: “Mosque and mausoleum of Qaytbay”
- Cebuano: “Rab‘ of Qaytbay”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد قايتباى”
- French: “complexe du Sultan Qaytbay”
- French: “rabʿ Qāytbāy”
- French: “rabʿ Qāʾit Bāy”
- French: “immeuble Kaitbay” (historical)
- French: “Rabʽ de Qâïtbâï” (historical)
- French: “Rabʽ du sultan Kâïtbâï” (historical)
- German: “Grabmoschee von Sultan Kait-Bay”
- German: “Komplex des Sultans Kait-Bay”
- German: “Komplex des Sultans Qaitbay”
- German: “Moschee und Mausoleum des Qaitbay”
- German: “Moschee und Turba des Qaitbay”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Madrasa al-Sultan Qaitbay”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Mosque den mausoleum for Qaytbay”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Qaytbay”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaytbay ein complex”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Sultan Qaytbay Complex”
- Greek: “Σύγκρότημα Σουλτάνου Καΐτμπεη”
- Hausa: “Hadaddun Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaytbay”
- Hausa: “Hadaddun Sultan Qaytbay”
- Hausa: “Masallaci da mausoleum na Qaytbay”
- Hausa: “Masallaci-Madrassa na Sultan Qaytbay”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Qait Bey”
- Spanish: “Complexe del Sultan Qaytbay”
- Swedish: “Mosque and mausoleum of Qaytbay”
- Swedish: “Rab‘ of Qaytbay”
- Swedish: “Sultan Qaitbays gravmoské”
- Tatar: “Солтан Кайт-бай комплексы”
- Turkish: “Kayıtbay Külliyesi”
- Ukrainian: “Комплекс Султана Аль-Ашрафа Кайтбая”
- Ukrainian: “Комплекс Султана Кайтбая”
- Ukrainian: “Медресе аль-Султан Кайтбай”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть і мавзолей Кайтбая”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть-медресе Султана Кайтбая”
- Ukrainian: “Похоронний комплекс Султана Кайтбая”
- Urdu: “مجموعہ سلطان قایتبائی”
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