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Medieval center of Islamic learning in Cairo, Egypt The domed Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub , overlooking al-Muizz street today The Salihiyya Madrasa (or Madrasa as-Salihiyya ), also called the Madrasa and Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub ( Arabic : مدرسة وقبة الصالح نجم الدين أيوب , romanized : Madrasa wa Qubbat as-Salih Nagm ad-Din Ayyub ) is a historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in Cairo , Egypt . The complex was founded by the Ayyub sultan As-Salih Ayyub in 1242 and his mausoleum was added to it by Shajarr ad-Durr upon his death in 1249. It was one of the most prominent centers of Islamic learning in the Ayyubid and Mamluk era in the 13th–14th centuries CE . Its remains are located on al-Muizz Street in the historic district of Cairo across from the Complex of Sultan Qalawun .
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The Salihiyya Madrasa was one of the most prominent centers of Islamic learning in the Ayyubid and Mamluk era in the 13th-14th centuries CE. Its remains are located along Muizz Street in Cairo , Egypt .
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Medieval center of Islamic learning in Cairo, Egypt The domed Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub , overlooking al-Muizz street today The Salihiyya Madrasa (or Madrasa as-Salihiyya ), also called the Madrasa and Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub ( ) is a historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in Cairo , Egypt .The complex was founded by the Ayyub sultan As-Salih Ayyub in 1242 and his mausoleum was added to it by Shajarr ad-Durr upon his death in 1249. It was one of the most prominent centers of Islamic learning in the Ayyubid and Mamluk era in the 13th–14th centuries CE . Its remains are located on al-Muizz Street in the historic district of Cairo across from the Complex of Sultan Qalawun .
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one of the most prominent centers of islamic learning in the ayyubid and mamluk era in the 13th-14th centuries
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historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in cairo
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