Al-Rukniyah Madrasa

Al-Rukniyah Madrasa is a 13th-century madrasa located in , .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: AL-rukniyah school and mosque; an old islamic school in Damascus,Syria
  • Also known as: “جامع ومدرسة الركنية”
  • Address: شارع ركن الدين

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hanabila Mosque and Mount Qasioun.

Mosque
The , also called the Muzaffari Mosque, is an early Ayyubid-era in , . The mosque was in use by 604 AH; with the minaret completed in 606 AH. is situated 580 metres southwest of Al-Rukniyah Madrasa.

Peak
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
is a mountain overlooking the city of , . It has a range of restaurants, from which the whole city can be viewed. Due to its high elevation, several communications and broadcasting networks constructed relay stations at the summit for the city's communications.

Mosque
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Ibn Arabi Mosque, is a takiyya in as-Salihiyya, . The complex was built over and in the surroundings of Ibn Arabi's tomb in 924 AH by the Ottoman sultan Selim I upon his return from the conquest of . is situated 1 km southwest of Al-Rukniyah Madrasa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rukn Al Din and Abu Jarash.

Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or is a municipality of , . In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city.

Quarter
is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of , . It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, had a population of 9,600, all Muslims.

Town
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is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Al-Rukniyah Madrasa

Latitude
33.53466° or 33° 32′ 5″ north
Longitude
36.29423° or 36° 17′ 39″ east
Open location code
8G5RG7MV+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 204085964
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data ID
Q4703138
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Rukniyah Madrasa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدرسة الركنية”
  • Arabic: “جامع الركنية”
  • Bengali: “আল-রুকনিয়াহ মাদ্রাসা”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المدرسه الركنيه”
  • German: “Al-Rukniyah Schule”
  • Persian: “مدرسه رکنیه”
  • Turkish: “Er-Rukniye Medresesi”
  • Turkish: “Rükniye Medresesi”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Rukniya madrasasi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include جامعة بلاد الشام and ساحة شمدين.

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