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A fact from Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib has the first "flat" muqarnas vault (pictured) in Cairo?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib.

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 03:04, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Muqarnas vault at the Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib

... that the Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib has the first "flat" muqarnas vault (pictured) in Cairo? Sources: 1) O'Kane, Bernard (2016). The Mosques of Egypt. American University of Cairo Press, p.92: "The portal itself is also the first to be vaulted with an array of flat muqarnas, paralleled later in the Mosque of Bashtak."; 2) Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2007). Cairo of the Mamluks: A History of Architecture and its Culture. The American University in Cairo Press, p. 182: "The portal consists of a deep recess roofed with a flat stone muqarnas, which was a novelty in Cairo that was repeated twice later, [...]"
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/George Roper (ship)
- Comment: Source note: unfortunately none of the relevant books are accessible online, but for what it's worth, a Google Books search can confirm the words used in that the second source: [1]. Image note: this image could also be used instead, if preferred.

Created by R Prazeres (talk). Self-nominated at 06:25, 29 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

New enough (created on 29 Jan), long enough, sources look great, tone is neutral, no copyvios, presentable, hook cited and is interesting, image is licensed, QPQ done. Sources taken in good faith. !

Image: I prefer the current image over the alternative because from the current one we can see the vault and its surrounding structure–we can immediately recognise that it is a vault. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 18:54, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]