🕌 Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex

The Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex, also known as the Mosque-Madrasa of Al-Amir Khair Bak, and as the Khayrbak Mosque, is an Islamic religious funerary complex located at Bab al-Wazir street, in the Darb al-Ahmar district of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. The complex originally consisted of a mausoleum established by the Ottoman governor of Egypt Khayr Bak in 908 AH (1502/1503 CE). In 926 AH (1519/1520 CE), he added a madrasa and a mosque, and annexed the adjacent Amir Alin Aq Palace which was used by him as residence. In the surrounding area there is the Citadel located to the southeast, the Amir Alin Aq Palace is located to the southwest, and the Aqsunqur Mosque to the northeast. It is one of many Circassian (Burji) style Mamluk architectures built during the Middle Ages.