madrasah wa-qubbah al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb
The Salihiyya Madrasa, also called the Madrasa and Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub is a historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in Cairo, Egypt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Monument
- Description: medieval center of Islamic learning in Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “al-Salihiyya”, “Madrasa wa Qubbat al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub”, “mausoleum and madrasa of al-Salih Negm al-Din Ayyub”, “mausoleum and madrasa of aṣ-Ṣālih Negm ad-Dīn Ayyūb”, “mausoleum and madrasa of Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub”, “Mausoleum and madrasa of Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub”, “Mausoleum of Al-Saleh Nagm Al-Din Ayyub”, and “Salihiyya Madrasa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sabil-kuttab of Khusraw Pasha and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Sabil-kuttab of Khusraw Pasha
Heritage site
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
Sabil-kuttab of Khusraw Pasha is a heritage site.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 390 metres south of madrasah wa-qubbah al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.
madrasah wa-qubbah al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb
- Category: madrasa
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“madrasah wa-qubbah al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضريح الصالح نجم الدين”
- Arabic: “مدرسة وقبة الصالح نجم الدين أيوب”
- Arabic: “مدرسة وقبة الصالحية”
- Arabic: “مدرسة وقبة نجم الدين أيوب”
- Arabic: “مسجد السلطان الصالح نجم الدين”
- Cebuano: “Mausoleum and madrasa of Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub”
- Chinese: “薩利希亞學校”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة وقبة نجم الدين ايوب”
- French: “Madrasa as-Salihiyya”
- French: “madrasaẗ wa-qubbaẗ al-Ṣāliḥ Nağm al-Dīn Ayyūb”
- French: “Mausolée de Al-Saleh Nagm Al-Din Ayyub”
- French: “Salihiyya Madrasa”
- French: “collège el-Sâlehieh” (historical)
- French: “madrasa Malik Salik Ayyoub” (historical)
- French: “Mosquées et tombeau du sultan el-Sâleh Negm el-Din Ayyoub” (historical)
- French: “mosquées nord et sud et tombeau d’as-Sâlih Ayoub” (historical)
- French: “Sultan-Saleh” (historical)
- German: “Mausoleum und Madrasa des al-Salah Nagm al-Din Ayyub”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Salihiyya Madrasa”
- Hausa: “Salihiyya Madrasa”
- Igbo: “Salihiyya Madrasa”
- Russian: “медресе ас-Салихийя”
- Spanish: “Madrasa Salihiyya”
- Spanish: “Mausoleo de Al-Saleh Nagm Al-Din Ayyub”
- Swedish: “Mausoleum and madrasa of Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub”
- Tswana: “Mausoleum of Al-Saleh Nagm Al-Din Ayyub”
- Tswana: “Salihiyya Madrasa”
- Urdu: “مدرسہ و قبہ نجم الدین ایوب”
- Uzbek: “Salihiyya madrasa”
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