This lecture will discuss the exciting life and career of the Mamluk Sultan al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, who ruled over Egypt and Bilad al-Sham, in the early 15th century. He had an active role during the reigns of his predecessors before eventually taking over the throne.
Sultan al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh built a magnificent religious and funerary complex behind Bab Zuwayla, the south gate of Cairo. The lecture will discuss its architecture, decoration, and the unique inscriptions of its qibla wall.
Suzanne Ghadanfar,
Research Fellow,
MS Islamic Art, Architecture and Urbanism, College of Islamic Studies
Dr. M. Tarek Swelim,
Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture,
College of Islamic Studies