Sultaniyya Madrasa

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Variant Names	Madrasa Sultaniye, Madrasa al-Sultaniyya, Madrasa Zahiriya or Zahiriyya, Madrasa al-Zahiriyya
Street Address	intra-mural
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Date	1223
Style/Period	Ayyubid
Century	13th
Building Types	educational, funerary, religious
Building Usage	madrasa, tomb, mosque

Notes

Al-Sultaniyya Madrasa is located across from the citadel entrance. It is a religious, educational and funerary complex. It contains the tomb of sultan Malek al-Zaher the son of Salah al-Din. Source: Allen, Terry. 2003. "Madrasah al-Sultaniyah". In Ayyubid Architecture. Occidental, CA: Solipsist Press. http://www.sonic.net/~tallen/palmtree/ayyarch/ch8.htm#alep.msul [Accessed August 2, 2005] Ball, Warwick. 1994. Syria A Historical and Architectural Guide. New York: Interlink Books. 134.

Downloadable documents associated with this site

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