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Mausoleum of Saladin
(ضريح صلاح الدين)

Title	Mausoleum of Saladin
Title Original	ضريح صلاح الدين
Publication Date:	589-92 / 1193-6
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	monument;ISL;sy;Mon01;14;ar
Library Location	The building faces the northern wall of the Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria
Date	589-92 / 1193-6
Notes	The Mausoleum of Saladin is located near the northwest corner of the Great Umayyad Mosque. Although Saladin died in 589/1193, he was first buried in the Damascus Citadel until his son, King al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali, ruler of Damascus, completed the construction of the mausoleum. Saladin’s body was transported to its final resting place on the holy day of Ashura in 592/1195. Shortly thereafter, his other son, King al-Aziz Othman (Othman II, known in Türkiye, in the name of Osman II), the ruler of Egypt, built a school connected to the shrine, and therefore it was also known as the Aziziya School. Details of the events surrounding Saladin's death and burial can be found in historical sources based on the testimony of Imad al-Din al-Isfahani, who died in 597/1201, who was one of Saladin's servants and a brilliant administrator. The building is entirely Damascene in style, consisting of a square room with ablaq walls and four arches supporting a dome. The transition from the square plan of the room to the round dome is accomplished through a neck of two layers, the first octagonal and the second with 16 sides. The interior walls of the mausoleum are covered with blue and green Ottoman tile tiles dating back to the 11th / 17th century, and a more austere decoration of geometric and floral shapes in stone paste can be observed above the arches. The mausoleum room includes in its center two sarcophagi, white marble, which were a gift from the German Emperor Guillaume II on the occasion of his visit to Damascus in 1903. Next to it is the original wooden sarcophagus, a masterpiece of intricate calligraphic decoration. Typical of Ayyubid wood species. They represent geometric, stellar, floral and floral patterns. The shrine room occupies the southwestern corner of the building, and a hall that was used for reciting the Qur’an can be reached from its eastern side. A group of five small rooms can also be found along the northern side. As for the exterior of the building, and its relationship with the Al-Aziziyya Madrasa, little is known about its original condition, of which only a little remains.
Sample Text	Abd al-Razzaq Moaz, Zena Takieddine “Saladin’s Mausoleum” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;sy;Mon01;14;ar

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Mausoleum of Saladin

(ضريح صلاح الدين)

Publication Date 589-92 / 1193-6

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID monument;ISL;sy;Mon01;14;ar

Library Location The building faces the northern wall of the Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria

Date 589-92 / 1193-6

Notes The Mausoleum of Saladin is located near the northwest corner of the Great Umayyad Mosque. Although Saladin died in 589/1193, he was first buried in the Damascus Citadel until his son, King al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali, ruler of Damascus, completed the construction of the mausoleum. Saladin’s body was transported to its final resting place on the holy day of Ashura in 592/1195. Shortly thereafter, his other son, King al-Aziz Othman (Othman II, known in Türkiye, in the name of Osman II), the ruler of Egypt, built a school connected to the shrine, and therefore it was also known as the Aziziya School. Details of the events surrounding Saladin's death and burial can be found in historical sources based on the testimony of Imad al-Din al-Isfahani, who died in 597/1201, who was one of Saladin's servants and a brilliant administrator. The building is entirely Damascene in style, consisting of a square room with ablaq walls and four arches supporting a dome. The transition from the square plan of the room to the round dome is accomplished through a neck of two layers, the first octagonal and the second with 16 sides. The interior walls of the mausoleum are covered with blue and green Ottoman tile tiles dating back to the 11th / 17th century, and a more austere decoration of geometric and floral shapes in stone paste can be observed above the arches. The mausoleum room includes in its center two sarcophagi, white marble, which were a gift from the German Emperor Guillaume II on the occasion of his visit to Damascus in 1903. Next to it is the original wooden sarcophagus, a masterpiece of intricate calligraphic decoration. Typical of Ayyubid wood species. They represent geometric, stellar, floral and floral patterns. The shrine room occupies the southwestern corner of the building, and a hall that was used for reciting the Qur’an can be reached from its eastern side. A group of five small rooms can also be found along the northern side. As for the exterior of the building, and its relationship with the Al-Aziziyya Madrasa, little is known about its original condition, of which only a little remains.

Sample Text Abd al-Razzaq Moaz, Zena Takieddine “Saladin’s Mausoleum” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;sy;Mon01;14;ar