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Hasan's sultanate began when he was 13. Hasan endured poverty during the beginnings of his first reign. He made decisive administrative changes upon reaching age 16 that eventually resulted in the Mamluk upper caste dethroning him in favor of his…

The Masged Gumm'aa and Madrasa of Hasan is an exercise in the inspiration of awe. The mausoleum, its dome, and its minarets loom over what was the most important of Cairene maydan, the Rumalya, which gave way to the Mamluk hippodrome. It divided…