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.
- Monument
- …lies at an elevation of 61 metres (200 feet)
- 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”“Sultan Qaytbay Complex”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Hussein Mosque.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar… Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 1¼ km west of rabʻ Qāytbāy.
Hussein Mosque
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum… Hussein Mosque is situated 1¼ km west of rabʻ Qāytbāy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
rabʻ Qāytbāy
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Latitude
30.04513° or 30° 2′ 43″ north
Longitude
31.27545° or 31° 16′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G2H27WG+35
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“rabʻ Qāytbāy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ربع قائت باي”
- 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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