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Tourist Attractions in Damascus Old City, Al-Hamidiya

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Al-Madrasa Al-Jaqmaqiya

Tourist Attractions, Damascus Old City

Islamic Schools, Shrines

The Mamluk Prince Seif Eddine Jaqmaq built this Islamic school at the turn of th 15th century. The school houses the tombs of the Prince and his mother. Today, Al-Madrasa Al-Jaqmaqiya hosts the Museum for Arabic Calligraphy....

Al-Madrasa Al-Adiliya Al-Soghra

Tourist Attractions, Damascus Old City

Islamic Schools

Zahra Khatun, the daughter of the Ayyubid King Al-Adel Seif Eddine and the nieceof Salah Eddine, established this Islamic school in the first half of the 13th century....

Al-Madrasa Al-Sumeisatiya

Tourist Attractions, Damascus Old City

Islamic Schools, Shrines

This Islamic school was named after Al-Sumeisati Abi Al-Qasem, one of Damascus’snotable leaders in the second half of the 11th century during the Fatimid rule. The school was built on the spot where the house of the Umayyad Caliph Omar Bin Abdul Aziz used to be. It was later renovated in the first half of the 14th century during the Mamluk Period....

Dar Al-Hadith Al-Nabawi Al-Sharif

Tourist Attractions, Damascus Old City

Islamic Schools

Dar Al-Hadith Al-Nabawi Al-Sharif is the second Islamic school in the world afte Dar Al-Hadith Al-Nouriya to specialise in the “Hadith”, the teaching of Prophet Mohammad’s sayings and acts. The Ayyubid King Al-Ashraf Mousa, who is the son of King Al-Adel Seif Eddine and nephew of Salah Eddine, built this school in the first half of the 13th century....

Dar Al-Hadith Al-Nouriya

Tourist Attractions, Damascus Old City

Islamic Schools

The Seljuq King Nour Eddine Zengi built this Islamic school in the second half o the 12th century. Dar Al-Hadith Al-Nouriya was the first school in the Islamic world to specialise in the “Hadith”, the teaching of Prophet Mohammad’s sayings and acts....