Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
History
The Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar Mosque, built in 1839, is a mosque in the Cairo neighborhood with decorative elements of the Muhammad 'Ali style.The spatial configuration combines both Ottoman and local features, with a courtyard surrounded by arcades covered by shallow domes, and a sanctuary with four marble columns that support a central lantern.
Urban and Architectural
The mosque's design accommodates both the interior qibla orientation and the existing context of the street by progressively increasing the thickness of the wall of the street façade, an adjustment technique first employed in the Mosque of al-Aqmar.
The sabil, which is next to the kuttab instead of underneath it, flaunts a façade decorated in an Ottoman baroque fashion and strongly recalls that of the sabil-kuttab built by Isma'il Pasha (1828) facing the Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad at Bayn al-Qasrayn.
Description
References
https://www.archnet.org/sites/1547
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque-Sabil_of_Sulayman_Agha_al-Silahdar
Details
Location
Haret Beregwan, El-Gamaleya, El Gamaliya, Cairo Governorate, Égypte
Worshippers
500
Owners
Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
Year of Build
1839
Area
1000
Drawings
Map
History
The Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar Mosque, built in 1839, is a mosque in the Cairo neighborhood with decorative elements of the Muhammad 'Ali style.The spatial configuration combines both Ottoman and local features, with a courtyard surrounded by arcades covered by shallow domes, and a sanctuary with four marble columns that support a central lantern.
Urban and Architectural
The mosque's design accommodates both the interior qibla orientation and the existing context of the street by progressively increasing the thickness of the wall of the street façade, an adjustment technique first employed in the Mosque of al-Aqmar.
The sabil, which is next to the kuttab instead of underneath it, flaunts a façade decorated in an Ottoman baroque fashion and strongly recalls that of the sabil-kuttab built by Isma'il Pasha (1828) facing the Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad at Bayn al-Qasrayn.
Description