Al-Madrasa al-Zahiriyya is located between the Kamiliyya and the Firdows madrasas, about 500m south of Bab al-Maqam. It was built by al-Zahir al-Ghazi in 1217. The building consists of an entrance portal which opens onto an oblong courtyard with two tripartite arcades on the north and south ends, a deep iwan on the east end, and a group of small rooms on the west end. The mosque is a tripartite structure covered with domes with a malqaf (wind-catcher) inserted in the southeastern dome over the mausoleum. The study hall is located on the southern half of the western bay, while the living quarters are in the northwestern area.
Source:
Allen, Terry. 2003. "Madrasah al-Zahiriyah". In Ayyubid Architecture. Occidental, CA: Solipsist Press. http://www.sonic.net/~tallen/palmtree/ayyarch/ch8.htm#alep.mzah [Accessed August 2, 2005]
Burns, Ross. 1992. Monuments of Syria: A Historical Guide. London: I & B Tauris Co. Ltd., 39.
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, 141-142.
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