Mosque of Sultan Hassan

It established the Mosque of Sultan Hassan bin al-Nasir Muhammad. Construction began in

1356 and was completed seven years later in 1363 the Sultan was killed before the end of construction was found on his body, was buried in the mausoleum, which was built specially in the mosque, but buried his two sons later.

This is the Great Mosque of Sultan Hassan bin Nasir Muhammad Qalawun established gone to power in 1347 after his brother King Muzaffar Haji at the age of thirteen years old and did not have the king ordered something to his young age, but it is, however, princes and soon it reached his senses and he became the king that the year 1351 was arrested

and remained in the detention camp in the business of science even returned to the Sultanate again in 1354 and remained blocked by sitting cross-legged in the judgment that the year 1361 was killed.

It was starting to build this mosque in 1356 and continued working there for three years without interruption and Sultan died before it was built, complete it after him a princes - Bashir Aljmadar- 1363.

This is the greatest Mamluk mosques were gathering between the magnitude of the

construction and engineering greatness, and fulfills the industry and the diversity of decoration accuracy of the mosque, as various arts gathered the industries we see drilling accuracy in stone decorations represented in the cavity entrance and curiosities.

The versatility of the marble industry represented by the Ministries of the dome and Ewan direction and surmounted Marble and the pulpit and the livery of the four entrances to supervising the saucer schools as seen carpentry Arab industry and vaccinated accuracy in Surat chair existing dome. The door of

the mosque compound copper now on the door of the pro collector is considered an excellent example of the most beautiful wrought copper-clad doors in the form of geometric shapes, including fillings limit engraved and decorated with a vicious minutes. What is said about this section is said from the door of the pulpit.

There are two entrances to a dome remained armored door with copper fillings with gold and silver on the forms and decorative beautiful bodies worthy of persuading visitors with great what is in this mosque is

a masterpiece of art and what was spent in the process of a lot of money.

The masterpieces of art in this crowded mosque in pits all that is there is no difference between the copper and glass chandeliers has retained Arab Antiquities in Cairo, Dar lot of these rare artifacts which are considered the most accurate and the most beautiful thing in making this day and

age.

Ayachi what the travelers who visited the mosque in 1356 and says: "It is not his second mosque in Egypt and in other countries in the luxury building and the height and breadth and its provisions, and the length of the marble columns and  capacity Mountains carved doors like thewind whistling"