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Overview
The garden
Al-Maqrizi says that Shajar al-Durr built a garden, a house and baths near the shrine of Sayyida Nafisa 1.
The tomb
Buildings extended to the tomb of Shajar al-Durr, where the garden known by her name had been, and from her tomb they extended to the Nafisa shrine 2.
The house
Al-Maqrizi says that a property in Cairo, built by Jahārkas, was bought for the mother of Khalil, called Shajar al-Durr al-Salihiyya, in 655 AH 3.
Sources
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1384
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1657
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1536
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islam.museum contributors. “Mausoleum of Shajarat al-Durr, Cairo”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/shajarat-al-durr-tomb/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.