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English: Ruins of minaret and iwan in the Sayyida Nafisa Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt. These ruins, which no longer stand today, are believed to have belonged to the funerary complex of Shajar al-Durr, built circa 1250.

Drawing by Pascal Coste in 1823.

(This version has been slightly cropped to focus on the drawing only and the contrast was increased slightly to make details more visible.)
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Source https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-63cf-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Author Pascale Coste (d. 1879)

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