The Amazing Complex of Al-Ghuria

Mamluk art, one of the last masterpieces built by Sultan al-Ghuri, also known by some as “the Ghuriya area” is the expression of highly refined architecture.

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Sultan Al-Ghuri was the penultimate Mamluk ruler (1501 – 16). Who died in the battle against the Ottoman Turks near Aleppo. His complex lies a few hundred feet from Al-Azhar Mosque and it is made up of a Mosque-madrassa and a Mausoleum with a sabil-kuttab annexed to it. They were built in 1501-05 opposite each other at southern end of al-Mu’izz street, also called by the locals today as al-Ghuriya Street. The mosque-madrassa has a cruciform plan with four liwans and is elegantly decorated with polychrome marble. The most distinguishing feature of the recently restored mausoleum, which houses the tomb of al-Ghuri’s successor, Tumanbay, is its unfinished dome.

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There is also a large hall that was transformed into a theater where performances based on the famous Sufi dance, The Whirling Dervishes provide an amazing performance that takes them in a trans or an out of body experience. The original dervishes are members of an ascetic religious order who achieve ecstasy by means of a dance in which they whirl around at breakneck speed. Near the mausoleum, al-Ghuri built a large caravanserai or wikala that has been restored and is now a cultural art center.

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