Detail of the south façade of the Madrasa Is'ardiyya.
A view of the elevation of the southern façade, showing the central assembly hall and the eastern bay of the Madrasa Is’ardiyya (full view in A.74). The building was commissioned by a wealthy merchant with the name Majd al-Din al-Isardi, and the earliest date the building is known to have existed is 1345 AD. It may have functioned both as a madrasa (religious school) and a khanqah (Sufi hospice). The façade was reconstructed during a restoration in 1927-28, and very little remains of the original.
Photograph created 1977. Photograph processed April 1977. Formerly cataloged as B01.076. No notes written on the slide or index.
