cats-of-cairo:Takiyyat Ibrahim al-Gulshani was the first religious foundation established in Cairo a
cats-of-cairo:Takiyyat Ibrahim al-Gulshani was the first religious foundation established in Cairo after the Ottoman conquest in 1517, and the first to be named a takiyyat, a residential religious complex, in its foundation deed. It was built between 1519 and 1524 by Ibrahim al-Gulshani, an influential Sufi shaykh from Azerbaijan whose life in Cairo bridged the period between Mamluk and Ottoman rule. The complex consists of a freestanding Mamluk-style mausoleum in the middle of a courtyard framed by Sufi cells, mosque, kitchen, shops, and apartments for his devoted followers and family members. (Source of the description and many pictures: World Monument Fund). -- source link
Tumblr Blog : cats-of-cairo.tumblr.com