It is a complete school for the Sufis Dervishes Mawlawi affiliated to Sidi Jalal el Din al Rumi order. It has been built under the Ottoman period. Lately it has been renovated by the Turkish side. The mawlawiyah served as a major tradition in Tripoli City with its annual reception gathering notability from all over […]
Khanqah is a place where Sufis used to retreat. People used to feed them and provide clothing from the endowment of the markets around, the buildings and the planted lands. In Tripoli, the khanqah gathered the religion and the war. These warriors who practice Sufi worship were the first to fight for the city in
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Located in souk Al Nahassin, (The copper craftsmen market), its name recalls the founder of this order called Rifaiyya. It is on the verge of collapse, only the Mihrab and the dome are still maintaining, with some inscription calling for God worship.
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Close to Hammam Ezzedin, this order, of Persian origin, has many other monuments and Zawaya in the city to hold DHIKR ( A Glory to God) celebration. It has a higher size and one get inside through a stair. Friezes that end with spirals, squinches and 2 floors, the main entrance wall is ornamented with
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Khatun means the Lady during the Mamluk era. She built it with her husband, a Mamlouk prince. The Lady wanted to be buried in the School. Nowadays, it is deserted. The remaining madrasas have been either demolished after the flood of 1958, or are deserted, some of them have been turned to small Masjed (mosque).
Located at The jewelry souk, Next to the hammam al Abed. It took its name after its founder, Tawashi means the eunucks , they had an important position among the the mamluks, since they were taking care of their wifes and families. It has a Maroccan and Andalusian style that we witnessed in many mamluk
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The name is due to the Sun like ornamentation on the top of the entrance gate. Located in Nouri area, It was a takiya fot the Sufi Mawlawi order. It has remains from the crusaders and 2 tombs for the Mawlawi Sheikhs.
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It has been debated that the name comes after Nour El Din, a rich Mamluk Prince who built it, Its Mihrab is very refined. It has no inscriptions, a fact that has no explanation. 2 Stands are in the front gate, recalls many other monument (Khan al Saboun,..). The pavement is is from the colored
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Close to al Mansouri a beautiful Madrasah the has no history or archive, but one written document mentioned it as built at the end of the 14th Century. As it has a scene like inside, we call it the scene Madrasah. It has the same features than the others, inscriptions, ornamentation with arched friezes, and
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Its name comes after the Vice Governor of the Sultranate, Cartay Bey. It is one of the most beautiful and majestic. Close to Al Mansouri Mosque, it has 3 beautiful entrance gates, one of them leading to Al Mansouri, as for the prayer time or rituals and preaches. It was erected on a church ruins
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