Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque () is a historic mosque in the city of

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. It is located inside

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, facing the Al-Tambakshiya Street to the north and the Habas al-Rahb Street to the southeast.

History

The mosque was built in 1407 by and dedicated to

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Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar was an Emir of Nasir al-Din Faraj, the Mamluk sultan of Egypt.Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. Cairo of the Mamluks. I.B. Tauris: New York, NY. 2007. He was very influential in his time, including his work on some important buil ...

, who served under the Burji

Mamluk Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...

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An-Nasir Faraj Al-Nasir Faraj or Nasir-ad-Din Faraj ( Circassian: Фэрадж ан-Насир) (Urdu; Arabic; Persian: ; r. 1399–1412 CE) also Faraj ibn Barquq was born in 1386 and succeeded his father Sayf-ad-Din Barquq as the second Sultan of the Burji dy ...

. The main purpose of the building is

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which taught all four Islamic schools of jurisprudence. It had been undergoing renovation which completed in 2001.مدرسة الاستادار بالجمالية.. تتجمل!
. ''Ahram''. Retrieved January 12, 2018.جديدمسجد جمال الدين الاستادار
. ''Ahram''. Retrieved January 12, 2018.Masjid Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar
''Archnet''. Retrieved January 12, 2018. The architectural style of the mosque is greatly influenced by the

Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq or Mosque-Madrasa-Khanqah of Az-Zaher Barquq ( ar, مسجد ومدرسة وخانقاه الظاهر برقوق) is a religious complex in Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt. It was commi ...

. Although Jamal al-Din was an influential patron of many of the architectures during his era, his career was tumultuous and he was not mourned after his execution by Sultan An-Nasir. At the same time, the Sultan had attempted to tear down this mosque, but it was prevented by the qadi by erasing the name of Jamal al-Din from the mosque.

Gallery

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References

Bibliography

*Jarrar, Sabri, András Riedlmayer, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 1994. Mosques completed in 1407 Mosque buildings with domes Mosques in Cairo Mamluk architecture in Egypt Medieval Cairo {{Egypt-mosque-stub

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