North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub

The Salihiyya Madrasa, also called the Madrasa and Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub is a historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in , .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: medieval center of Islamic learning in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Madrasa wa Qubbat al-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 Hussein Mosque.

Heritage site
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is a heritage site.

Mosque
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The al-Hussein Mosque or al-Husayn Mosque, also known as the Mosque of al-Imam al-Husayn and the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Husayn, is a and mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, originally built in 1154, and then later reconstructed in 1874. is situated 220 metres southeast of Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub.

Mosque
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, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a in , Egypt in the . Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". is situated 390 metres south of Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.

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is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . 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 and .

Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub

Latitude
30.04904° or 30° 2′ 57″ north
Longitude
31.26141° or 31° 15′ 41″ east
Open location code
8G2H27X6+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 379936036
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Wiki­data ID
Q7404512
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan Al-Salih Nagm Al-Din Ayyub” 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: “Mausolée de Al-Saleh Nagm Al-Din Ayyub”
  • French: “Salihiyya Madrasa”
  • 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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