Short Title

B01.074 Façade of the Madrasa Is’ardiyya

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Date

1977

Description

074- This is the north end of the Haram al-Sharif showing the façade of the Madrasa Is’ardiyya. The building was commissioned by a wealthy merchant with the name Majd al-Din al-Isardi, and the earliest date the building is known to have existed is 1345 AD. It may have functioned both as a madrasa (religious school) and a khanqah (Sufi hospice).

Geographic Reference

Jerusalem