Al-ʿĀdiliyyah Madrasah

building, Damascus, Syria

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In Islamic arts: Architecture in Iraq, Syria, and Anatolia
…Syrian madrasahs in Damascus, like Al-ʿĀdiliyyah, Al-Ẓāhiriyyah, or the works of Nureddin, tended also to follow a comparatively standardized plan: an elaborate facade led into a domed hallway and then into a court with at least one eyvān. Most of those madrasahs were small and were fitted into a preexisting…
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