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Architectural styles of Mamluk dynasties

Muhammad Ali chose to build his state mosque entirely in the architectural style of his former overlords, the Ottomans, unlike the Mamluks who, despite their political submission to the Ottomans, stuck to the architectural styles of the previous Mamluk dynasties..Taken @Cairo, Egypt

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Uploaded on January 12, 2018
Taken on October 20, 2017