Entrances of The Takiyya and Sabil of Sultan Mahmoud

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1 Department of Tourist Guidance - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Suez Canal University

2 Tanta University

Abstract

During the Islamic epoch, structures varied between religious - such as mosques- , secular - like, houses, palaces, wakalas, baths, khan, and rab; funerary - like mausoleums and domes; military - like castles; and beneficent - like public fountains and takaiyya - ones. Here is an example of the beneficent structures, the Takiyya and Sabil of Sultan Mahmoud, monument No. 308 in the index of Islamic structures that date back to 1164 H / 1750 A.D is among the beneficent structures that were erected for serving the public. This monument is a complex of structures, encloses an almshouse (takiyya) for teaching religious rites and civil studies, a public fountain for saving drinking water for the people, and a primary school (kuttab) for learning the holy Qur'an for the orphan children. Moreover, a small mosque is annexed to this complex. This research aims at for describing the entrances of this complex, which has four entrances, one leading to the takiyya as the main one, the second leading to the prayer hall or mosque, the third to the public fountain, and the fourth to the primary school (kuttab (. This research is divided into an introduction followed by four items ended with a conclusion, besides some figures. -Introduction: encloses general information about the structure's location and a brief detail of its founder, besides the date of erecting it. -Item I: concerned with describing the main entrance of the complex -Item II: encloses a description of the entrance of the annexed prayer hall or mosque -Item III: describes the entrance of the annexed public fountain (Sabil.( -Item IV: describes the entrance of the annexed primary school (kuttab).

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