Kamiliyya Madrasa

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Variant Names	Madrasa al-Kamiliyya, Madrasa al-Kamiliyeh, Madrasa al-Kamiliya, Madrasa al-Kamaliyya, Madrasa al-Kamaliyeh, Madrasa al Kamiliyya
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Client	Fatima Khantun
Date	1230-1237
Style/Period	Ayyubid
Century	13th
Building Types	educational, funerary, religious
Building Usage	madrasa, mausoleum, mosque
Keywords	777 core monuments

Notes

The Kamiliyya Madrasa was built between 1230-37 by Fatima Khantun daughter of al-Malik al-Kamil. Its plan is a development of the plan of the Shadbakhtikiyya Madrasa, with an increase in size and craftsmanship. The madrasa is made of two floors. The first is a tripartite prayer hall facing the northern iwan and two mausoleums flanking either side of the prayer hall. These elements open to a courtyard space through an arcade of piers. The second floor contains a small number of rooms for the students. Sources: Allen, Terry. 2003. "Madrasah al-Kamiliyah". In Ayyubid Architecture. Occidental, CA: Solipsist Press. http://www.sonic.net/~tallen/palmtree/ayyarch/ch8.htm#alep.mkam [Accessed August 2, 2005]. Meinecke, Michael. 1992. Die Mamlukische Architektur in Ägypten und Syrien (648/1250 bis 923/1517). Glückstadt: Verlag J. J. Augustin, I/54. Tabbaa, Yasser. 1997. Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo. The Pennsylvania State University: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 137. Rihawi, Abdul Qader. 1979. Arabic Islamic Architecture in Syria. Damascus: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, 140.

Downloadable documents associated with this site

Author	Title	Year
Hammad, Manar	Architectures Ayyoubides, le style austère à Alep	2004

Downloadable files associated with this site

Author	Title	Type	Year
Saeed Arida	Floor plan of Kamiliyya Madrasa, Aleppo	CAD drawing(s)	2003
Saeed Arida	Floor plan of Kamiliyya Madrasa, Aleppo	line drawing(s)	2003