Abstract
The Mosque of al-Khawaja Karim al-Din ibn Ahmad al-Bardini al-Shafei (1025-1038 AH/1616-1629 CE) monument no. 201, Daudi street, (previously Darb al-Fawakhir), north of Queen Safeya Mosque, Darb al-Ahmar, south of Cairo, in Mamluk style and its layout comprises a lounge perpendicular to it from the south-east is the Qibla Iwan (Mecca direction locator), with a curtain/drape on the inner left-side of its main door. It is perpendicular north- west to the lounge. The sheath is marble inlaid with mother-of-pearl in different areas, decorated with rectangular fillings including 12 star-shaped plates, and other various geometric motifs. This paper deals with the geometric kufic script in the Mosque. The author reads each inscription, carefully analyzes it, measures it, and compares it to other similar samples from previous historical periods. (Please note that this article is in Arabic)
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