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The
Sultan
Qaitbay
Group
in
the
Mamluk
Desert
is
a
famous
archaeological
architectural
group
in
Cairo
built
in
the
Islamic
style
dating
back
to
the
Circassian
Mamluk
era.
The
group
includes
several
facilities,
including
a
mosque,
a
school
and
its
annexes,
a
dome,
a
sabil,
a
bookcase,
a
seat
for
the
Sultan,
a
basin
for
watering
animals,
and
a
quarter
for
the
residence
of
Sufis.
The
group
was
established
during
the
period
from
877
AH
/
1472
AD
to
879
AH
/
1474
AD
by
the
order
of
Sultan
King
Al-Ashraf
Abu
Al-Nasr
Qaitbay
Al-Mahmoudi
Al-Ashrafi,
then
Al-Dhahiri
Al-Jarkasi,
originally
one
of
the
rulers
of
the
Mamluk
state
during
the
era
of
the
Circassian
Mamluks,
and
before
he
ascended
the
throne
of
the
Sultanate,
he
was
one
of
the
princes
of
Sultan
Al-Ashraf
Barsbay,
then
the
Sultan
bought
it.
Al-Zahir
Jaqmaq
freed
him
and
rose
through
the
ranks
during
the
reign
of
Al-Ashraf
Ainal,
then
Al-Zahir
Khashqadam,
then
Al-Zahir
Balbay,
and
when
Al-Zahir
Tamrabgha
took
over,
he
appointed
him
as
the
army’s
atabek.
When
Khayir
Bey
revolted
against
Al-Zahir
Tamerbugha,
the
military
agreed
on
the
Sultanate
of
Qaytbay
and
forced
their
allegiance
to
him
as
Sultan
in
the
year
872
AH/1468
AD,
becoming
the
fifteenth
of
the
Circassian
kings
and
their
children
in
Egypt
and
the
forty-first
of
the
Turkic
kings
and
their
children.
He
was
fifty-four
years
old
at
the
time.
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