Salihiyya Madrasa

Its remains are located on al-Muizz Street in the historic district of Cairo across from the Complex of Sultan Qalawun.

It became the first madrasa ("religious college") in Cairo to teach all four of Sunni Islam's madhabs ("schools of law").

[2] The Salihiyya Madrasa trained Sunni faqih (judges or experts in jurisprudence) and soon became known as the "citadel of the scholars (ulema).

[3][better source needed] According to Muslim chronicler al-Maqrizi, as-Salih Ayyub had the eastern wall of the royal palace demolished in order to construct the two building complexes that made up the Salihiyya Madrasa.

The western portion of each wing provided student housing while the eastern halves functioned as iwans—open vaulted halls where teaching took place.

Because of the issue of reconciling already-built thoroughfares with the traditional need to align the primary structures with Mecca, the building plan was asymmetrical.

The structure has two shafts topped by ribbed helmet domes divided by a balcony and is known as a mabkhara ("incense burner.