Historic site · Egypt
Madrasa and Mausoleum of al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub
مدرسة وقبة الصالح نجم الدين أيوب
An Ayyubid madrasa on Al-Muizz Street that taught all four Sunni schools of law, beside the domed tomb Shajarat al-Durr built for her husband.
Where it is
30.0490, 31.2613
Why go
Built in 1243 for Sultan al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub, this was the first madrasa of its kind to give each of the four Sunni schools of jurisprudence its own space, replacing the Fatimid Shi’ite curriculum. Visitors see the surviving façade with its minaret above the entrance and the single remaining western iwan. Beside it stands the domed mausoleum that his widow Shajarat al-Durr completed after he died during the campaign against the Crusaders at Mansura; inside is an Ayyubid wooden cenotaph.
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