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Umm al-Sultan Sha’ban Mosque and Madrasa

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A long stone-vaulted passageway with the madrasa and its central courtyard on the left and several annexes on the right is reached by the entrance gate. These annex rooms are a part of a group of rooms that are spread across three levels and are placed in the complex’s outside regions, around the madrasa courtyard. These contained housing accommodations for the students as well as staff service rooms.

The madrasa’s main courtyard is rectangular and is encircled by cruciform-shaped iwans on all four sides. Iwans that are aligned with the direction of prayer, or along the qibla axis, are larger than those that are transverse. A verse from the Quran is inscribed in a massive inscription that runs along the top of the courtyard’s walls, above the iwan apertures.

Mosque Data

Architect

Type

Jumaa

Country

United Kingdom

Owner

Sultan al-Ashraf Sha'ban

Year

1368, 1369

Area

2000

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