Nur al-Din Madrasa

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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