The Salimiyya Madrasa () is a 16th-century
madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
in
Damascus, Syria. It is part of the
Sulaymaniyya Takiyya
The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya ( ar, التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة, at-Takiyya as-Sulaymāniyya), known in Turkish as , is a '' takiyya'' ( Ottoman-era Arabic name for a mosque complex which served as a Sufi convent) in D ...
, started under the Ottoman sultan
Süleyman I.
The madrasa was built after the rest of the complex, with stones which had been left over. It is possible that the madrasa was ordered by Süleyman himself right before his death in 1566 as it was called the "Sulaymaniyya Madrasa" in some sources upon completion,
but over time it became known as the "''Salimiyya'' Madrasa" (after Süleyman's son
Selim II).
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Buildings and structures completed in 1566
Buildings and structures of the Ottoman Empire
Madrasas in Damascus
1566 establishments in Ottoman Syria
16th-century establishments in Ottoman Syria