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Sultan Qaytbay Agency
(وكالة السلطان قايتباي)

Title	Sultan Qaytbay Agency
Title Original	وكالة السلطان قايتباي
Publication Date:	885 AH / 1480 AD
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	monument;ISL;eg;Mon01;32;ar
Library Location	The building is located to the right of the entrance from Bab Al-Nasr towards Al-Gamaleya Street, Cairo, Egypt
Date	885 AH / 1480 AD
Notes	This building is considered a model of agencies in the Mamluk era, which included warehouses, shops for selling goods, and places for merchants to reside. The facade of the building overlooks Bab al-Nasr Street, and it is divided into three horizontal levels, with the entrance located in the middle. On either side of the entrance, there are five shops, each of which is surmounted by a lattice made of lathe wood, and topped with a row of windows equipped with grilles made of iron grilles. The entrance consists of a recessed wall containing the door opening, and a trefoil arch that rises to the level of the window openings on either side of the entrance. The spandrel of the arch is decorated with floral decorations engraved in stone, and in the upper two corners of the arch there is a prominent stone ornament consisting of two rows of muqarnas. Above the door arch is an inscription band engraved in Mamluk third script explaining the reason for building the building. In general, the entrance to the agency resembles the entrance to the Qaytbay Madrasa in the Mamluk cemetery in Cairo. The horizontal plan of the building consists of a rectangular courtyard surrounded on the ground floor by a group of warehouses topped by three floors that included residential units for merchants to reside.
Sample Text	Tarek Torky “Sultan Qaytbay Agency” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;eg;Mon01;32;ar

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Sultan Qaytbay Agency

(وكالة السلطان قايتباي)

Publication Date 885 AH / 1480 AD

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID monument;ISL;eg;Mon01;32;ar

Library Location The building is located to the right of the entrance from Bab Al-Nasr towards Al-Gamaleya Street, Cairo, Egypt

Date 885 AH / 1480 AD

Notes This building is considered a model of agencies in the Mamluk era, which included warehouses, shops for selling goods, and places for merchants to reside. The facade of the building overlooks Bab al-Nasr Street, and it is divided into three horizontal levels, with the entrance located in the middle. On either side of the entrance, there are five shops, each of which is surmounted by a lattice made of lathe wood, and topped with a row of windows equipped with grilles made of iron grilles. The entrance consists of a recessed wall containing the door opening, and a trefoil arch that rises to the level of the window openings on either side of the entrance. The spandrel of the arch is decorated with floral decorations engraved in stone, and in the upper two corners of the arch there is a prominent stone ornament consisting of two rows of muqarnas. Above the door arch is an inscription band engraved in Mamluk third script explaining the reason for building the building. In general, the entrance to the agency resembles the entrance to the Qaytbay Madrasa in the Mamluk cemetery in Cairo. The horizontal plan of the building consists of a rectangular courtyard surrounded on the ground floor by a group of warehouses topped by three floors that included residential units for merchants to reside.

Sample Text Tarek Torky “Sultan Qaytbay Agency” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;eg;Mon01;32;ar