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Description
Property Name: Nasiriyya Madrasa
Inventory No: 961-6-15
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-09-02
Country (State party): Lebanon
Province: Tripoli
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 34° 26′ 6.41″ N
35° 50′ 33.49″ E
Historic Period: 14th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1354-1360
Style: Mamluk
Original Use: Madrasa
Current Use: Library
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Nasiriyya madrasa is one of the Mamluk-period madrasas of old tripoli built in the 14th century. The madrasa’s architecture is typical of the period, with alternating black and white stones and a muqarnas carved portal.
Selection Criteria
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
State of Preservation
– It is in front of el-Mashhad and el-Shamsiyah madrasahs.
References
Salam-Liebich, Hayat. The Architecture of the Mamluk City of Tripoli, The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983.
Tadmuri, Omar Abdel Salam; Salame-Sarkis, Hassan. Tripoli the Old City: monuments survey-mosques and madrasas: a sourcebook of maps and architectural drawings.
Website of Archnet, http://archnet.org