Altinbugha al Maridani Mosque
The Altinbugha al-Maridani Mosque is located in historic Cairo and was built from 1339 to 1340 by the Emir Altinbugha al-Maridani . The building was built when the emir was seriously ill, which prompted him to make further generous donations.
The dates of its construction are known from inscriptions on the mosque. The mosque has a simple, almost square plan designed according to the Riwaq scheme. In the middle there is an open courtyard around which porticoes are arranged. At the back with the mihrab there are three rows of columns, the other sides have two rows each, using ancient columns. The main entrance is in the north and is monumentally designed like an ivan . The mihrab with a dome is not opposite, as expected, but to the east. Next to the main entrance is the minaret . It is the earliest that is completely octagonal. Opposite the mihrab there was another monumental entrance to the west.
A special feature of this mosque is a wooden wall that separates the Holy of Holies from the courtyard. This wall is richly decorated with carvings. The Holy of Holies therefore needed windows as a source of light. The entire building was once richly decorated, remnants of gilded stucco can still be seen today, but the mosque is not in a good state of preservation today.
literature
- Doris Behrens-Abouseif: Cairo of the Mamluks , London 2007 pp. 183-185 ISBN 978-1-84511-549-4
Web links
- The plant on archnet.org (Engl.)
Coordinates: 30 ° 2 ′ 22.8 " N , 31 ° 15 ′ 33.7" E