Aleppo Heritage Catalogue
– Madrasat al-Firdaws
Cover Page
Introduction
Monuments List
Great Umayyad Mosque
List of Content
History of the Building
Site and urban network
Renovation and refurbishment
Architectural and art historical features
Significance of the Great Mosque’s minaret
Religious, political and intellectual importance
Damage assessment
Judayda Churches
List of Content
Introduction
Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs
Church of the Mother of God
Church of Our Lady
Church of Mar Ilyas
Church of Mar Assiya
Maronite Cathedral
Armenian Catholic Church
Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Virgin
Damage Assessment
al-Adiliyya Mosque
List of Content
History of the Building
Site and Urban Network
Architectural Description
Historical and Architectural Importance
Damage Assessment
Memory Statement
Sharaf Mosque
List of Content
History of the Building
Site and Urban Network
Architectural Description
Development Over Time
Historical and Architectural Importance
Damage Assessment
al-Bahramiyya Mosque
List of Content
History of the Building
Site and Urban Network
Architectural Description
Functional and Physical Modifications
Historical and Architectural Importance
Damage Assessment
Memory Statement
az-Zawiya al-Hilaliyya
List of Content
History of Sufism in Aleppo
History of the Building
Architectural Description
The Hilali Family
The Zawiya and the City
Dhikr and Khalwa
Damage Assessment
Memory Statement
al-Tunbugha an-Nasiri Mosque
List of Content
History of the Building and Patron
Site and Urban Network
Layout Plan
Historical and Architectural Importance
Social Context
ar-Rumi Mosque
List of Content
History of the Building and Patron
Site and Urban Network
Layout Plan
Historical and Architectural Importance
Social context in Mamluk times according to Ibn al-ʿAjami
Khanqah al-Farafira
List of Content
Foundation of the Khānaqāh
Site and Exterior of the Building
Interior and Architectural Decoration
Importance in Architectural History
al-Mashatiyya Mosque
List of Content
Historical overview
Site and urban network
Layout plan
Development through time and the mosque’s endowment
Special importance
Takiyya al-Mawlawiyya
List of Content
Historical overview
Site and urban network
Layout plan
Development over time and the mosque’s endowment
Special importance
al-Mihmandar Mosque and the Courthouse
List of Content
Historical overview
Site and urban network
Layout plan
Development over time and the mosque’s endowment
Special importance
Waqf Raqban
List of Content
Historical overview
Founder and Foundation
Site and urban network
Layout plan
Development within time and the mosque’s endowment
Special importance
al-Utrush Mosque
List of Content
Building date, patron and architect
Site and urban network
Layout Plan
Function over time
Modifications
Architectural and art historical importance
Banqusa Mosque and Banqusa suburb
List of Content
Site and urban network – the Banqusa area
The mosque and the city
Mosque description
The mosque’s endowment
Special importance
al-Madrasa al-Halawiyya
List of Content
Historical overview
Site and urban network
Layout plan
Development within time and the mosque’s endowment
Special importance
Current situation
al-Khusrawiyya Mosque and Madrasa
List of Content
Urban and social historical background
History of the Building
Site and Urban Network
Architectural Description
Historical and Architectural Importance
Damage Assessment
Memory Statement
al-Madrasa as-Sultaniya
List of Content
Historical Context
Urban Setting
Architecture and Decoration
Changes Over Time
Importance
Madrasat al-Firdaws
List of Content
Historical overview
Site and urban network
Layout plan
The inscriptions
Development over time and the institution’s endowment
Special importance
Al-Madrasa al-Ahmadiyya
List of Content
Historical overview
Site and urban network
Layout plan
Special importance
Khan Al-Wazir
List of Content
History of the Building
Site and Urban Network
Architectural Description
Historical and Architectural Importance
Damage Assessment
Memory Statement
The Waqf of Ibshir Pasha
List of Content
Urban and social historical background
Art and architectural history
Damage assessment
Memories and statements
Picture galleries
Khan al-Jumruk
List of Content
Historical overview
Site and urban network
Layout plan
Development over time
Special importance
Aleppo Citadel
List of Content
The location of Qal’at Halab
Development of the citadel from Assyrian times until the early Islamic period
The citadel under the rule of the Hamdanids and the nomad dynasties of the Mirdasids and Uqaylids
The fortifications of the citadel under the Zengids and Ayyubids
Structural measures undertaken during Mamluk rule
Ottoman Age and Mandate
Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower
List of Content
How a public fountain house became a clock tower
Bayt Ghazala
Traditional Houses East of the Old City
List of Content
Introduction
Location of the Quarter and its Inhabitants
Functional and Physical Alterations Over Time
Architectural and Historical Relevance
Social and Economic Importance
Saray Janbulat and Qunaq Jazzar-Zade
List of Content
Introduction
Saray Janbulat
Qunaq Jazzar
Imprint
Madrasat al-Firdaws
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[Picture source: © 1966 Eugen Wirth]
