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The Mosque and Mausoleum of Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar which is also referred to as the al-Mihmandariyya college (madrasa) ( ar, المدرسة المهمندارية, al-Madrasa al-Mihmandārīya)was founded during the third reign of al-Nasir Muhammad in the area of
The complex was built in the month of Muharram 725 AH/1324-5 CE. According to al-Maqrizi, it included a college ( madrasa), that included instruction in the Hanafi legal school four students, and a Sufi hospice (
The Mosque and Mausoleum of Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar which is also referred to as the al-Mihmandariyya college (madrasa) ( ar, المدرسة المهمندارية, al-Madrasa al-Mihmandārīya)was founded during the third reign of al-Nasir Muhammad in the area of Darb al-Ahmar
Al-Darb al-Ahmar is a historic neighbourhood in Cairo, Egypt. It is also the name of an administrative district ('' qism'') within the Cairo Governorate that includes most of the neighbourhood. Its name means "the Red Street" in Arabic.
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in Cairo.
Founder
This institution was founded by the amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar ( ar, أمير شهاب الدين أحمد بن آقوش العزيزي المهمندار, Amīr Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Aqūsh al-ʾAzīzī al-Mihmandār). He held the position of ''naqib al-jaysh'' ( ar, نقيب الجيوش, naqīb al-jaysh), which was similar to chief of military police.Historical Background
The complex was built in the month of Muharram 725 AH/1324-5 CE. According to al-Maqrizi, it included a college ( madrasa), that included instruction in the Hanafi legal school four students, and a Sufi hospice (khanqah
A khanqah ( fa, خانقاه) or khangah ( fa, خانگاه; also transliterated as ''khankah'', ''khaneqa'', ''khanegah'' or ''khaneqah''; also Arabized ''hanegah'', ''hanikah'', ''hanekah'', ''khankan''), also known as a ribat (), is a buildin ...
). The founder also built a market (qaysariyya
A bedesten (variants: bezistan, bezisten, bedestan) is a type of covered market or market hall which was historically found in the cities of the Ottoman Empire. It was typically the central building of the commercial district of an Ottoman town o ...
) and an apartment complex (rab') that were still there during al-Maqrizi's time.
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