Fayoum
This mosque was built in the 1490s by Khawand Asalbay, wife of Sultan Qaytbay and mother of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, and is known in Fayoum as the Qaytbay…
This mosque was built in the 1490s by Khawand Asalbay, wife of Sultan Qaytbay and mother of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, and is known in Fayoum as the Qaytbay mosque. It stands beside the Bahr Yusuf canal in the centre of Fayoum city, with fine marble and carved wood inside, and it has been restored in recent years.