The Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay (1479): The earliest stand-alone Sabil-Kuttab in Cairo, it establishes the type as a pietistic endowment in the urban milieu without it being attached to a larger religious complex.

 

General view of the Sabil-Kuttab.
 
Main or northern facade of the Sabil-Kuttab on Saliba street.

 

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