Red Mosque & Mamluk Mausoleum


Decorated with inscriptions glorifying the Mamluk Sultan Beybars (1223–77), the Red Mosque (interior closed to the public) was built at the very end of his reign. The mausoleum was constructed in 1372 as the final resting place of a local governor.


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