Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa () is a

madrasah Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

complex in

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. It was built between 1241 and 1251 by the Aleppine historian Ibn al-Udaym. Located outside the city walls to the east of

Bab al-Nairab Bab al-Nairab ( ar, بَاب النَّيْرَب, Bāb an-Nayrab, also spelled Bab al-Nayrab) meaning the "Gate of al-Nayrab", was one of the nine historical gates of the Ancient City of Aleppo in northern Syria, but has since disappeared. Its name ...

gate, the madrasah was first known as al-Kamaliyah al-Udaymiyah (). Later on, during the 14th century it was renamed after Afif ad-Din al-Turantay al-Mansuri the ruler of Damascus and the representative of the Mamluk sultan Al Mansur Qalawun.

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Mamluk architecture in Syria Madrasas in Aleppo Religious buildings and structures completed in 1251 {{Syria-school-stub

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