Sultan Hassan: Mamluk Cairo in context | Islamic heritage.

How one monumental complex can open a larger conversation about patronage, education, craft and the city around it.

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Image credit: Wikimedia Commons / David Berkowitz · CC BY 2.0

Sources & method: UNESCO — Historic Cairo · Aga Khan Trust for Culture — Historic Cairo · The Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Art of the Mamluks · Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities — Islamic Cairo

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