Kasımiye Medrese
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The Kasımiye Medrese or Kasim Pasha Medrese is a former madrasa (Turkish: medrese) in Mardin, Turkey.
Geography
The medrese is located southwest of the city centre of old Mardin.[1] The altitude of the Kasımiye is about 975 metres (3,199 ft).
History
The medrese was begun sultan Al-Zahir Majd al-Din 'Isā ibn Dāwūd (or İsa Bey) of the
In 1924, all medreses in Turkey were closed down within a general attack on religious life and a top-down attempt to secularise society.[5]
The building
The main building is rectangular. The entrance through an ornamented portal is from the south. In the courtyard there is a pool. The water source is a funnel in the wall that represents birth. The water from the pool drains through a narrow slit that represents death and
Elephant clock
On the north of the iwan there is the reproduction of an elephant clock designed by al-Jazari, a 12th-century Muslim engineer.[6]
References
- ^ "City map". Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ISBN 0907132340.
- ^ "Kasim Pasa Medresesi". Archnet. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ISBN 9789004161214.
- ISBN 978-0-429-55906-8.
- ^ "Mardin news by Dr. Salim Aydüz". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-06.