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14 - Al-Turbah known as Set Al-Sham: It is located next to the famous Levantine school in Sarouja Market and contains the grave of Prince Alaa Al-Din bin Al-Amir Zain Al-Din, who died in the year 568 / 1172.

15 - Military installations: Among the monuments of Nur al-Din remaining in the city wall is the tower known by its name, south of Bab al-Jabiya, which is circular in shape. It has an inscription dating its restoration in the Mamluk era. There are renovations carried out in Bab Sharqi to make it more immune, and it bears the name of Nour al-Din. Written sources and inscriptions mention that the door to the inner vulva (Al-Manakhiliyah) as well as the small door (in Al-Shaghur) both date from the era of Nur al-Din.

B) In Aleppo:

1 - The minaret of the Great Mosque: It is square in shape, built of well-carved stone, built by Qasim al-Dawla Aq Sanqur (grandfather of Nur al-Din), in the year 530 / 1135 (see photo No. 22).

2 - The Sharafiya School: It was built by Sharaf al-Din bin al-Ajami, who died in the year 560/1164. What remains of it is its door and the chapel with a dome and arches, and it contains a beautiful mihrab. It is located near the Grand Mosque, inside the Birr Society.

3 - Old Bimaristan: It was built by Nour al-Din, and it is in the locality of al-Jaloum.

4 - Al-Halawiyah Mosque: It was built by Nour al-Din, opposite the Great Mosque from the west. It contains a piece of an old Byzantine church. The most important thing in the school is its gate, which bears the inscription of the founding. It is considered the oldest Naskh script (Thuluth) that appeared in Syria. The iwan contains a rare wooden mihrab, but it is from the Ayyubid era and was made in the year 1245/643 during the reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Saladin (II).

5 - The Persian Kitchen: It is part of an old palace. It has a wide dome decorated with muqarnas and iwans with lobed arches and muqarnas. It is located north of the Umayyad Mosque. It was recently converted into a museum.

6 - Al-Muqaddiya School: It is one of the oldest schools in Aleppo. It is located in the Al-Jalloum district, in the alley of Khan Al-Tutun. It was built during the reign of Nur al-Din in the year 564 / 1168 by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik. Its door and the school campus remain.

7 - Citadel Mosque: A small mosque built during the reign of Nur al-Din.

8 - Sheikh Marouf Mosque: It was a school built by Prince Jamal al-Din
Shaz Bakht in the year 564/1168.

C) In Busra:

1 - Mubarak Al-Naqa Mosque: A mosque and school built in 1136/530 on the famous memorial site of Mubarak the Camel of the Prophet. The school is still in good condition and has a courtyard covered with a dome surrounded by iwans and a sanctuary, with a roof and rooms on two floors, and the building is equipped with a square minaret.

2 - Al-Khidr Mosque: A small mosque built by the Deputy Governor of Busra, Secretary of State, Kumshtakin, in the year 528/1133.

3_ Tower in Busra Castle: It was built by the Atabeg of Damascus, Prince Muin ad-Din Anar in the year 542 / 1147.

D) In ​​Hama:

1 Nur al-Din Mosque: It was built by King al-Adil Nur al-Din in the year 558/1162. It contains a square-shaped minaret and ancient historical writings, and the most beautiful thing about it is the wooden pulpit, which is considered one of the masterpieces of Islamic art in the world (see photo No. 23).

2 - Al-Bimaristan Al-Nuri: It was demolished and only a few traces remained of it. It is next to the Nour Al-Din Mosque.

e) Other buildings:

1 - Ain Diwar Bridge: Ain Diwar is located on the Tigris River on the Iraqi-Turkish border. The bridge is undated, but the style of its architecture and the inscriptions and pictures engraved on its bridge make us attribute it to the Seljuk era. (Photo No. 21 duplicate).

2 - The old Khan Al-Qatifah: It is located to the south of Khan Sinan Pasha, near the village orchards. It was built during the reign of Nur al-Din, and important parts of it still remain.

3 - The ruins of Al-Raqqa Mosque: It is located within the walls of Al-Raqqa Al-Abbasa (Al-Rafiqa). Nour al-Din renewed it, then it was demolished, but only its minaret and the facade of the sanctuary remained (Photo No. 24).


4 - The shrine of Imam Ismail in Salamiyah, built by Prince Khalaf bin Malaeb in the year 481 / 1088.