al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa الْمَدْرَسَةُ الشَّاذْبَخْتِيَّةُ | |
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Type | Madrassah |
Established | 1193 |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliation | Islamic |
Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa ( Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَةُ الشَّاذْبَخْتِيَّةُ, romanized: al-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]