Sabil wa Kuttab al-Sultan MustafaCairo, Egypt
The free-standing sabil-kuttab of Sultan Mustafa was built in 1759. It derives its form and decoration from the sabil and mausoleum of the Laleli complex in Istanbul, also built by Sultan Mustafa, between 1759 and 1763. The sultan placed his tughra on a roundel on the facade of the Cairene sabil, a feature absent from the sabil in Istanbul, but which may have been a response to the turbulence and political unrest in Cairo during that period.
The theme of the sabil-kuttab introduced in the Madrasa of Sultan Mahmud was a major success, recurring frequently both as an autonomous structure and attached to another foundation.
Sources:
Al-Husayni, Mahmud H. al-Asbilah al-'Uthmaniyya bi-madinat al-Qahira 1517-1798. Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1988
Bates, Ülkü. "Façades in Ottoman Cairo." In The Ottoman City and Its Parts, edited by Irene Bierman, Rifa’at Abou-El-Haj, and Donald Preziosi, 129-172. New Rochelle, N.Y. : A.D. Caratzas, 1991.
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. "The 'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda Style in 18th century Cairo." Annales Islamologiques 26 (1992).
Jarrar, Sabri, András Riedlmayer, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 1994.
The free-standing sabil-kuttab of Sultan Mustafa was built in 1759. It derives its form and decoration from the sabil and mausoleum of the Laleli complex in Istanbul, also built by Sultan Mustafa, between 1759 and 1763. The sultan placed his tughra on a roundel on the facade of the Cairene sabil, a feature absent from the sabil in Istanbul, but which may have been a response to the turbulence and political unrest in Cairo during that period.
The theme of the sabil-kuttab introduced in the Madrasa of Sultan Mahmud was a major success, recurring frequently both as an autonomous structure and attached to another foundation.
Sources:
Al-Husayni, Mahmud H. al-Asbilah al-'Uthmaniyya bi-madinat al-Qahira 1517-1798. Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1988
Bates, Ülkü. "Façades in Ottoman Cairo." In The Ottoman City and Its Parts, edited by Irene Bierman, Rifa’at Abou-El-Haj, and Donald Preziosi, 129-172. New Rochelle, N.Y. : A.D. Caratzas, 1991.
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. "The 'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda Style in 18th century Cairo." Annales Islamologiques 26 (1992).
Jarrar, Sabri, András Riedlmayer, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 1994.