Sabil-kuttab of Qaytbay - Cairo Governorate - Egypt: Ratings, Rankings and Reviews
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Sabil-Kuttab of Qaytbay

The Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay is a Mamluk-era charitable foundation and building in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1479 on the order of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay and is located on Saliba Street in the historic districts of Cairo.
The building is composed of a sabil (a water distribution kiosk) on the ground floor and a kuttab (primary school teaching the Qur'an) on the upper floors. Below the structure, underground, is a cistern from which water was drawn for the sabil. The structure was the first free-standing sabil-kuttab in Cairo; a type of building that would later become quite common during the Ottoman period.
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- Country: Egypt
- City: Cairo Governorate
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- Global Ranking Score (Higher is Better): 1027
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