The Mosque of Sultan El-Nasir Muhammad situates in Salah Salem Street within the walls of the Citadel and near the Mosque of Mohammed Ali. It was erected by Sultan El-Nasir Mohammed, the son of Sultan Qalawun and the ruler of Egypt for about 42 years. He was a great constructor and he established many buildings but many of them were destroyed at the age of Mohammed Ali. The architect of this mosque was El-Muallim Ibn El-Seyufi who is credited to the decoration of the Mosque of El-Maridani in 1340 as well.
The Mosque of Sultan El-Nasir is distinguished from many other mosques in Cairo with its two richly decorated minarets with fluted finials that do not follow the earlier period style of decoration, and are not placed next to each other in order to enable a large number of people from he...
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