• Madrasa-Mausoleum
    of Sultan Hasan
  • Ar-Rifai Mosque

Madrasa-Mausoleum of Sultan Hasan and Ar-Rifai Mosque

The madrasa-mausoluem of Sultan Hasan (right) was built in 1363 and remains the finest piece of early-Mamluk architecture in Egypt. The Ar-Rifai mosque was built some 500 years later, and houses the remains of the last Shah of Iran as well those of Khedive Ismail, grandson of Muhammad Ali, and King Farouk, Egypt's last monarch.

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  1. tj.haslam (77 months ago | reply)

    Excellent framing which puts the mosques in context. Where --standing-wise-- did you shoot this from?

  2. Ernie Reyes (77 months ago | reply)

    Thanks tj - I shot this from the rear lookout point of the Muhammad Ali mosque. I had to give the guard some 'bakshish' in order to get to the area :)

  3. caribb (77 months ago | reply)

    Noce shot.. rich colours. Please consider adding six of your Cairo shots to the City 6-Pack group... they would be a wonderful addition.

  4. OverDeveloped (76 months ago | reply)

    nice composition, great colours!

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    calder20002004 added this photo to their favorites. (63 months ago)

  6. rekhabal (56 months ago | reply)

    I am from Islamic arts Museum Malaysia. The reason I am writing you is that we are inviting freelance photographers to participate in our exhibition on Islamic architecture and the publication of the exhibition. If you are still interested to send your photos please let me know as soon as possible. We have extended our dead line until 4th october 2008. We are looking for copyright free images and there is a form to fill if you want to participate please go to our website and download the forms. All the photos must be hi res and jpeg / tiff/ or psd format. Selected photographers work will be acknowledged in the exhibition and in the catalogue. To know more about this exhibition please refers to the following link:
    www.iamm.org.my/exh_mockup1.php?event_id=EV-R 5DIZ7B5JIB
    Or write to me : reks39@gmail.com / rekha@iamm.org.my
    Posted 5 days ago. ( permalink )

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  8. ㄚ ᴰᴿᴱᴬᴹᴱᴿ (46 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ~ The Muslim World ~, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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    Lumnjani added this photo to his favorites. (46 months ago)

  10. Dreaming ... (46 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Islam !!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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