page_title: Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay
section_title: Architectural description
hierarchical_section_title: Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay / Architectural description
caption_attribution_description: English: The dome of the mausoleum of Barsbay in the Northern Cemetery, Cairo.
context_page_description: The Khanqah and Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay or Complex of Sultan Barsbay is an Islamic funerary complex built by Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in 1432 CE in the historic Northern Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt. In addition to its overall layout and decoration, it is notable for the first stone domes in Cairo to be carved with geometric star patterns.
caption: The stone dome of Barsbay's mausoleum, one of the first to incorporate an interlacing geometric pattern carved across its surface.
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