Caravanserai of sultan Qāytbāy (Cairo)

Located next to Bab al-Nasr, Cairo. Photographs taken by Simon Rousselot on November 2019 Two epigraphic emblems above the entrance gate. Empty round shapes dividing the inscription on the wood lintel (painted emblems?). ابو النصر قايتباي عز لمولانا السلطان الملك الاشرف عز نصره Ābū'l-Nāṣr Qāytbāy (u) Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, al-Malik al-Ashraf (c) may his victory be glorified (l) Possible dating: 885/1480 Close-up of the emblem: For more details: https://islamicinscriptions.cultnat.or..