{
 "id": "building/masjid-sultan-hasan",
 "class": "building",
 "slug": "masjid-sultan-hasan",
 "label": {
  "ar": "مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن",
  "en": "Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "مسجد ومدرسة بالقاهرة بدأ السلطان حسن عمارته سنة 757هـ، ويصفه المقريزي بأنه لا يُعرف في بلاد الإسلام معبد يحكيه.",
  "en": "A mosque and madrasa in Cairo; Sultan Hasan began building it in 757 AH, and al-Maqrizi says no mosque of the Muslims is known to resemble it."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "objects"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "egypt-nile"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/crusades-ayyubid-mamluk"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "architecture"
 ],
 "span": {
  "earliest": 1355.9997125197642,
  "latest": 1357.0017864842903
 },
 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "1356",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year"
  }
 },
 "data": {
  "kind": "madrasa",
  "built": {
   "edtf": "1356",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year"
  },
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q1430119"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/khitat-maqrizi-1998",
   "source/wikidata"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar (al-Khitat), Madbouli 1998, scan p. 2111",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), showcase-prose lane",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "showcase-prose-phase2-egypt-batch4"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "completeness": 3,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; the start of the works (757 AH) and their scale are read from al-Maqrizi's Khitat (local scan, p. 2111). The earlier 1363 date came from Wikidata and is not confirmed locally; built now records the start of the works (1356 CE), and the completion date needs a source before it is restored"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "مسجد ومدرسة في [[place/cairo|القاهرة]] بدأ السلطان حسن عمارته سنة 757هـ. {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "عند المقريزي",
     "markdown": "يذكر المقريزي أن العمارة استمرت ثلاث سنين لا تنقطع، وأُرصد لنفقتها في كل يوم عشرون ألف درهم. {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}\n\nويذكر أنه لا يُعرف في بلاد الإسلام معبد من معابد المسلمين يحكي هذا الجامع، وأن ذراع إيوانه الكبير خمسة وستون ذراعاً في مثلها. {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "building/masjid-sultan-hasan",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-24"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "A mosque and madrasa in [[place/cairo|Cairo]]. Sultan Hasan began its building in 757 AH. {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "According to al-Maqrizi",
     "markdown": "Al-Maqrizi says that the building went on for three years without a break, and that twenty thousand dirhams were set aside for its expense each day. {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}\n\nHe also says that no mosque of the Muslims is known to resemble this one, and that the great iwan measures sixty-five cubits in each direction. {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "building/masjid-sultan-hasan",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-24"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "[[place/cairo|قاہرہ]] کی ایک مسجد اور مدرسہ۔ سلطان حسن نے اس کی تعمیر سنہ 757ھ میں شروع کی۔ {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مقریزی کے ہاں",
     "markdown": "مقریزی بیان کرتے ہیں کہ تعمیر تین سال تک بلا وقفہ جاری رہی، اور اس کے خرچ کے لیے ہر روز بیس ہزار درہم مقرر تھے۔ {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}\n\nوہ کہتے ہیں کہ اسلامی ممالک میں اس جامع جیسی کوئی عبادت گاہ معروف نہیں، اور اس کے بڑے ایوان کی لمبائی پینسٹھ ذراع اور اتنی ہی چوڑائی ہے۔ {cite:khitat-maqrizi-1998 p.2111}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "building/masjid-sultan-hasan",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-24"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "building/abu-dulaf-mosque-samarra",
  "building/adana-great-mosque",
  "building/ahi-celebi-mosque",
  "building/al-aqmar-mosque",
  "building/al-attarine-madrasa",
  "building/al-jami-al-kabir-samarra",
  "building/al-janad-mosque",
  "building/al-mansur-mosque-marrakesh"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}