Nur al-Din Madrasa | |
Native Name: | الْمَدْرَسَةُ النُّورِيَّة |
Founder: | Nur al-Din |
Established: | 1167 |
Type: | Madrasa |
Affiliation: | Islamic |
City: | Damascus |
Country: | Syria |
Address: | Suq al-Khayattin |
Campus: | Urban |
The Nur al-Din Madrasa (Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَةُ النُّورِيَّة|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]