Nafisa al-Bayda (she was called the white due to the colour of her skin) established this complex in 1211 AH / 1796 AD. She was the wife of the Mamluk Ali Bey al-Kabir, after whose death she married Murad Bey, a Mamluk general and joint-ruler of Egypt along with Ibrahim Bey.
The complex consists of a wikala (warehouse) and sabil-kuttab (public drinking fountain and school). The façade of the sabil is typically Ottoman style rounded front. It is overlooking al-Mu‘izz li-Din Allah street with three copper windows decorated with lattice geometric decorations. The middle of which is surmounted with a marble slab with the foundation text. This slab is surrounded with three stone squares fulled with geometric decorations as well. Above the sabil, the kuttab which façade contains three arches based on two marble columns and surrounded with a short wooden screen and two wooden flaps. The side entrance of the sabil lies in al-Hammam lane right after the stone arch that once formed the gate of al-Hammam lane, which opens into a vestibule. It leads to the main room of the sabil (sabil room) on the left as well as a staircase leading to the kuttab in the upper floor.
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