The Mosque and Mausoleum of Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar which is also referred to as the al-Mihmandariyya college (madrasa) ( Arabic: المدرسة المهمندارية, romanized: al-Madrasa al-Mihmandārīya)was founded during the third reign of al-Nasir Muhammad in the area of Darb al-Ahmar in Cairo.
This institution was founded by the amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar ( Arabic: أمير شهاب الدين أحمد بن آقوش العزيزي المهمندار, romanized: Amīr Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Aqūsh al-ʾAzīzī al-Mihmandār). He held the position of naqib al-jaysh ( Arabic: نقيب الجيوش, romanized: naqīb al-jaysh), [1] which was similar to chief of military police. [2]
The complex was built in the month of Muharram 725 AH/1324-5 CE. [3] According to al-Maqrizi, it included a college ( madrasa), that included instruction in the Hanafi legal school four students, and a Sufi hospice ( khanqah). The founder also built a market ( qaysariyya) and an apartment complex (rab') that were still there during al-Maqrizi's time. [1]