Qaitbay
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Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay ruled the Mamluk Sultanate from 1468 to 1496.
Mamluk Sultan Qaytbay ("Mag Caitbeivs Cairi Svltan") by Florentine painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo (16th century), Galleria degli Uffizi
Anonymous Venetian painting depicting the reception of Venetian ambassadors in Damascus. The wall in the background is decorated with Qaitbay's blazon.
Qaitbay plate at Prophet's Mosque in Medina, located behind the Mihrab Al-Nabawi (the main mihrab)
Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria.
Mamluk architecture
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Mamluk architecture was the architectural style that developed in Egypt, the Levant, and the Hijaz under the Mamluk Sultanate, which ruled from their capital, Cairo. Despite their often tumultuous int
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Sultan Qalawoon Tomb
قلعة قايتباى الوجهه الامامي
Madrasa-Mausoleum of al-Salih (1242–1249): the madrasa (partly demolished) stood on the left while the mausoleum is on the right