The Sultan's Fountain: An Imperial Story of Cairo, Istanbul, and AmsterdamAmerican University in Cairo, 2011 - 182 من الصفحات The small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayyida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and--astonishingly--it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo? Why did he choose this site for it? How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles? What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century? The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity. |
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18th century Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda Ahmed III Ahmed III’s Arabic arches architectural conservation Blue Mosque bottom bronze grilles bronze window grilles built Cairene Cairo carved ceiling cistern Comité conservation project decoration Delft Delft blue Description de l’Égypte domes Dutch tiles Egypt Egyptian erected façade Fatimid festival floral huge imperial interior Islamic Istanbul Iznik Khalig al-Misri canal kiln kuttab maiolica Mamluk architecture Mamluk sultan marble Mehmet minarets mosque of Sayida motifs moulid Muhammad Ali Pasha MUTE STORYTELLER Opposite neighborhood Netherlands-Flemish Institute Nile Osman III Ottoman architecture Ottoman Empire Ottoman governor Ottoman sultan painted panels patterns pottery reign sabil of Mustafa sabil of Sultan SABIL Opposite sabil room SABIL Top sabil–kuttab of Mustafa sabil–kuttab of Sultan Sayida Zeinab area sebil Selim III shrine stone Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman the Magnificent’s Sultan Ahmed Sultan Mahmud SULTAN Opposite Sultan Selim throne tin-glazed tion Topkapi Palace tradition tulip Turkish venerated vessels wall tiles wall-tiles workshops