| Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay | |
| Native Name: | سبيل وكتـّاب السلطان قايتباي |
| Native Language: | Arabic |
| Coordinates: | 30.0308°N 31.2547°W |
| Type: | Sabil |
| Founder: | Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay |
| Built: | 1479 CE (884 AH) |
| Restored: | 1999 |
| Restored By: | Supreme Council of Antiquities; Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional |
| Current Use: | tourist attraction (historic site); the Suzanne Mubarak Center for Islamic Civilization |
| Architecture: | Mamluk, Islamic |
The Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay is a Mamluk-era charitable foundation and building in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1479 on the order of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay and is located on Saliba Street in the historic districts of Cairo.[1] [2] [3]
The building is composed of a sabil (a water distribution kiosk) on the ground floor and a kuttab (primary school teaching the Qur'an) on the upper floors. Below the structure, underground, is a cistern from which water was drawn for the sabil. The structure was the first free-standing sabil-kuttab in Cairo; a type of building that would later become quite common during the Ottoman period.[4]