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- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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- Egypt & Nile
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Overview
The Salihiyya madrasas between the two palaces in Cairo were built by al-Malik al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub, who set four teaching posts there for the Shafi'i, Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali schools 1.
Where they stood
Sources
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1912
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1061
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1062
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Salihiyya Madrasa, Cairo”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/al-madrasa-al-salihiyya-cairo/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.