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Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay

Egypt

The Khanqah and Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay, also known as the Complex of Sultan Barsbay, is an Islamic funerary complex located in the historic Northern Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt. Built by Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in 1432, in addition to its overall layout and decoration, it is notable for the first stone domes in Cairo to be carved with geometric star patterns.

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