Al-Muzhiriyya (Arabic: المزهيرية) was a Madrasa in Jerusalem.
Location edit
It is located on the south side of Tariq Bab Al-Hadid, just to the west of Al-Arghuniyya and north of Al-Khatuniyya. Between it and Al-Arghuniyya is a long, narrow passageway which leads to Al-Khatuniyya.[1]
History edit
According to Mujir al-Din the madrasa was completed in 885 [1480-81], by Zayn al-DIn Abu Bakr b. Muzhir al-Ansarl al-Shafi‘i, a high ranking Mamluk serving in Cairo. There is some indication that his family came from Nablus, from the Muzhir clan.[1][2]
Half of the revenue from Beit Sahour went to Al-Muzhiriyya.[1]
Part of Al-Muzhiriyya was built above Al-Arghuniyya[3]; this part were drawn in 1909[4], but demolished in 1925.[1]
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Berchem, van, M. (1922). MIFAO 43 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.1 Jérusalem "Ville" (in French and Arabic). Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
- Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton (1987). Mamluk Jerusalem. ISBN 090503533X.
- Harvey, William (2 April 1910). "A Saracenic School, Jerusalem". The Builder: 373–74.
- Moudjir ed-dyn (1876). Sauvaire (ed.). Histoire de Jérusalem et d'Hébron depuis Abraham jusqu'à la fin du XVe siècle de J.-C. : fragments de la Chronique de Moudjir-ed-dyn.