To the west of the Bab Zuwayla had been a dungeon, which once imprisoned sheik Amir Al Mu'ayyad. While still a prisoner, he had vowed that if he were ever released, he would someday destroy the dungeon, and build a masjid in its place. He was indeed eventually released, and rose to become Sultan of all Egypt. True to his word, he razed the old dungeon, and built a new masjid on the location in 1415, the Masjid of Sultan al-Muayyad. It is now one of great prominent monuments in the old Cairo. 
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