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.
Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya
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The Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya is an Islamic madrasa structure built in 1480–1482 by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay on the western side of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem. Although only a part of the
Main portal, with Mamluk ornamentation.
The madrasa, with its main entrance on the left. Its entire facade projects forward from the other structures around it. To the far right is the domed Sabil of Qaytbay; in the middle is the Fountain of Qasim Pasha.
Details of the apex of the Mamluk-style groin vault in front of the entrance portal.