Salar and Sanjar al-Jauli tomb complex

The tomb complex of Salar and Sandjar al-Jauli , built in 1303/04, is in Cairo and houses the graves of two emirs who were friends from the time of the Bahri - Mamluks .

The building, restored in 1894, is not far from the Ibn Tulun Mosque on Saliba Street. It has an irregular floor plan and consists primarily of two closely spaced mausoleums that border the street and are particularly noticeable because of their two high domes. Saif ad-Din Salar, the army chief of Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad arrested in 1309 , and his good friend Alam ad-Din Sanjar al-Jauli (d. 1344), who was governor of Gaza and Hama , rest here . Next to the mausoleums is a remarkable minaret , the ground plan of which is initially square at the base, but finally round at the level of the two upper floors. Both the domes and the minaret are richly decorated. Along the two mausoleums is an arcade with ornate stone grids.

Part of the complex are also a courtyard and a hall (9.3 × 8.7 m), whose former function is unknown. It may have been a chanqah or a madrasa .

literature

• Doris Behrens-Abouseif: Cairo of the Mamluks , London 2007, pp. 156-161, ISBN 978-1-84511-549-4

Web links

• The system on Archnet.org (Eng.)
• The Khangah / Madrasa of Amir Sanjar al Gawly

Coordinates: 30 ° 1 ′ 53 "  N , 31 ° 14 ′ 31.8"  E