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Madrasa al-Firdaws
The Madrasa al-Firdaws is an Islamic college and Sufi lodge outside the walls of Aleppo, in Syria, founded in 1235–1236 by Dayfa Khatun, regent of the Ayyubid principality. Built of finely cut stone around a courtyard with a pool and an arcaded portico, it is considered one of the masterpieces of Ayyubid architecture.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Madrasa al-Firdaws. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/madrasa-al-firdaws
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