Nur al-Din Madrasa
Madrasa school in Damascus, Syria
| Nur al-Din Madrasa الْمَدْرَسَةُ النُّورِيَّة | |
|---|---|
 Domes of the Nur ad-Din Madrasa | |
| Address | |
Suq al-Khayattin Damascus Syria | |
| Information | |
| Type | Madrasa |
| Established | 1167 |
| Founder | Nur al-Din |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliation | Islamic |
The Nur al-Din Madrasa (Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَةُ النُّورِيَّة, romanized: al-Madrasah an-Nūrīyah) is a funerary madrasa in Damascus, Syria. It is in the Suq al-Khayattin, inside the city walls. It was built in 1167 by Nūr ad-Dīn Zangī, atabeg of Syria, who is buried there. The complex includes a mosque, a madrasa, and the mausoleum of the founder. It was the first such complex to be built in Damascus.[1]
The tomb-madrasa complex has two domes, first and the taller one is the oldest of the two and is over the tomb of Nur al-Din Zangi and the second, smaller muqarnas dome, similar to the dome of Nur al-Din's mausoleum belongs to the tomb of governor of Damascus Amir Djamal al-Din (d. 1269).[2]
See also
- Nur al-Din Bimaristan
- Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi
- History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
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