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al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa
الْمَدْرَسَةُ الشَّاذْبَخْتِيَّةُ
Location

Information
Type Madrassah
Established1193
Campus Urban
Affiliation Islamic

Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa ( Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَةُ الشَّاذْبَخْتِيَّةُ, romanizedal-Madrasat aš-Šāḏbaḵtīyah) is a 12th-century madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria. [1] It was built by Jamal al-Din Shadbakht, an Indian slave who was freed by Nur ad-Din, and served as a lieutenant of the citadel at his master's death in 1174. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shadbakhtiyya Madrasa Archnet Digital Library.
  2. ^ Tabbaa 2010, p. 37.

Bibliography

  • Tabbaa, Yasser (2010). Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo. Penn State Press. ISBN  9780271043319.