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The Khanqah and Mausoleum of Sultan Faraj Ibn Barquq

The sanctuary of the Sultan Barquq Complex with a fountain in need of repair (which here, together with the vegetation, symbolises paradise in the Persian sense). There are two burial chambers on site, one for men and another for women, as it was decided the sexes should be kept separately even in death. [18]

The motif on the dome is called herring-bone. [25]

 

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Uploaded on June 21, 2015
Taken on November 14, 2014