The stables in the Mamluk era enjoyed a high position, as the Mamluk sultans used to occupy the seat attached to the royal stable to look into the affairs of the sectors and the affairs of the princes and the Mamluks, in addition to the practice of rulings among the people. To look into grievances, his son Al-Malik Al-Nasir Faraj bin Barquq followed in his path, then Al-Mu’ayyad Sheikh, and he used to sit every Friday, as did Sultan Barsbay, who designated Tuesdays and Saturdays, and like them did Al-Ghouri.
Just as the stable was a place for looking into grievances, punishments were imposed on those against whom the sultan was angry. Some princes were imprisoned there, and many outlawed princes were flogged.
The royal stable was used as a place of special importance, represented in the pledge of allegiance to the sultans, in which the oath of allegiance was given to Sultan Barquq and his son Sultan Faraj, Sultan Qaytbay and other sultans.
The stable was a place to establish reconciliation between the conflicting sects and to hold meetings in the event of conflicts and strife.
Major banquets were also held there. In 1388 AD, by order of Bata al-Fakhri, a huge feast was held in the stable.
Princes’ stables
It was built by princes, and sometimes by sultans, and it was one of the most important components of the house. One floor sometimes contained several stables, until the name of the stable took precedence over the house or palace.
And the stables of the princes are expressed as the happy stables, and they have a diwan, the chiefs, and the direct ones.
The honorable stables
It is one of the rights to the castle, and it consists of the honorable private stable, which has private horses and honorable boats belonging to the Sultan.
The most important models of the stables of the Mamluk princes
One of the most important and best examples of the stables of the Mamluk princes is the Qusoun stable, adjacent to the Sultan Hassan School, and it has two doors. It was a great palace consisting of several houses and stables, of which today only a few ruins remain, namely:
Horse wash area.
– Annexed stable Stable Bipet Al-Kiritliya.
The stable attached to Prince Taz Palace.
– The stable attached to the house of Zeinab Khatoun.
– The stable attached to the Suhaimi House.
The stable attached to the safari house .
The five stables built by Princess Tatrakhan
It was built by Princess Tatrakhan, the daughter of the swordist Tashtamer. Its components are a rectangular space, with a door closed, each with a stilt to tie the horses and a toilet, and with a ladder leading to the passengers of the upper khans. There is also a stirqa (closet inside the wall) higher as well, below which is adobe and a storeroom, and the ceilings are dark without decoration, and they are carried on arches resting on stone pillars. The fifth stable is distinguished by the fact that it is surmounted on the upper floor by a residential floor, which includes facilities and energies overlooking the road.
Al-Saifi stables pinned
Al-Saifi established several stables for horses, accommodating about 70 horses. The first stable, located in the horse pond, is characterized by a vaulted roof.
The stables of Sultan Qaitbay
Qaitbay’s facilities in Cairo contained several stables, and counting them through the “Waqf” book, it was found that they accommodate 130 heads of horses.
Its areas varied, the least of which accommodates two heads of horses, and the largest of them accommodates 19 heads of horses, as if it were in the form of a rectangle, either in the form of one or two facing bars, and each stable was attached to a passenger stable below it solid, or two passengers on top of one another, and each stable contained a toilet pit , and attached to horse laundries, in addition to the presence of wells in some of them.
All of these stables are roofed completely, and some of them are surmounted by residential corridors or tiers, and sometimes part of the stable has been roofed, and they are left open weeping.
Stables attached to religious and commercial establishments
In addition to the stables attached to the palaces and houses, there are stables attached to the religious establishments to serve the residents there, and the gorges sometimes had a gallery for those who cared about the beasts of the sheikhs and others.
In addition, stables were attached to commercial establishments, such as Wakalat al-Ghouri. There were public stables scattered throughout Cairo; This is due to the small space of some role.
