Editing Minbar (section)

=== Mamluk period ===
[[File:Aqsunqur Mosque DSCF9712.jpg|thumb|Marble minbar of the Mamluk-era [[Aqsunqur Mosque]] in Cairo (circa 1347)]]One of the few early marble minbars of Mamluk Cairo is found in the [[Aqsunqur Mosque]] in [[Cairo]] (circa 1347). Its marble surfaces are decorated with other stone materials of different colors inside an interlacing pattern formed by bands of marble.<ref name=":032">{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Caroline |title=Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |year=2018 |isbn= |edition=7th |location=Cairo |pages=103–104 |language=en}}</ref> A marble minbar was also constructed for the earlier [[Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib]] (1329–1330). Only fragments of it have been preserved (kept at the [[Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo|Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo]]), but they attest to some of the highest-quality stonework from the Mamluk period.<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |last=O'Kane |first=Bernard |title=The Mosques of Egypt |publisher=American University of Cairo Press |year=2016 |isbn=9789774167324 |pages=92–95 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=O'Kane |first1=Bernard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ER5cBgAAQBAJ |title=The Illustrated Guide to the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo |last2=Abbas |first2=Mohamed |last3=Abdulfattah |first3=Iman |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-977-416-338-8 |pages=324 |language=en}}</ref> The stone minbar of the [[Mosque of Sultan Hasan]] in Cairo (circa 1360) is relatively plain, though it has unusually ornate bronze doors.<ref name=":242" /> In the next century, Sultan [[Qaytbay]] gifted a stone minbar to the [[Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq]] in 1483. This one is covered with geometric motifs carved to resemble the traditional style of wooden minbars.<ref name=":242" /><ref name=":04">{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Caroline |title=Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |year=2018 |edition=7th |location=Cairo |pages=281–283 |language=en}}</ref>