Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
On Sinan b. Thabit's advice al-Muqtadir bi'llah founded a bimaristan at Bab al-Sham, put Sinan in charge of it and named it al-Muqtadiri — its upkeep two hundred dinars a month — in 306 1.
Connections
- Located in
- Baghdad
- Built by
- al-Muqtadir bi'llah
People and things also explored
Arrest of al-Ka'ki and Demolition of Baratha Mosque· al-Muqtadir's Endowment for the Two Sanctuaries· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 436
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/bimaristan-al-muqtadiri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.