El-Ghuri Mosque
El-Ghuri Mosque, located on the adjacent corner to the Ghuri Mausoleum and built by Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri in 1504, is typical of the late Mamluk style, except for the minaret. Usually, Mamluk minarets usually have square, octagonal and round layers, but this one is a totally square version. The facade of the building is of bicolored stone, and currently occupied by cloth merchants (interesting because during previous times there was a silk bazaar occupying the space between the mosque and mausoleum). There is a large entrance with a trilobate arch decorated with stalactites, which opens onto a corridor lit by a central well.
Within, there is distinctive polychrome marble dados, flagging laid in geometric patterns and
gilt and painted wood paneling. There is a central sunken and open courtyard surrounded by
four liwans. The two largest of the liwans have Moorish arches, while the smaller two have
raised arches.
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