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The Khanqah of Sultan Baybars al-Jashankir: main iwan from courtyard

The Khanqah of Sultan Baybars al-Jashankir (1307-10): a structure with a biaxial plan, this Khanqa had a mausoleum added on its qibla side. It contained rooms for the sufis aligned on its two longitudinal sides.

 

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Photograph

 

Credit

Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.

 

MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin

4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002

 

MIT Course Instructor

Rabbat, Nasser O.

 

MIT Department

Architecture

 

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http://ocw.mit.edu/terms

 

Publisher

MIT OpenCourseWare

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Taken on July 8, 2002