Mosque of Al-Nasir Muhammad

Located within the walls of the Citadel, this fourteenth-century mosque was the principal congregational mosque of the Mamluk sultans who ruled from the fortress. Its two minarets are covered in glazed faience in green and blue, an unusual decorative technique reflecting Persian and Central Asian influence. The interior courtyard is surrounded by arcades carried on reused ancient columns of varied stone. Once the setting for royal ceremonies, it stands near the later Muhammad Ali Mosque and gives a sense of the Citadel's earlier medieval phase.