Madrassa Bou Inaniya
- Variant names
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Madrasat Abu 'Inaniyah (Alternate)
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Medersa Bou 'Inania (Variant)
- Date
- 1350-57/750-57 AH
- Style period Marinid
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- Madrasa Bu Inaniyya was one of the early madrassas
founded by the Marinid dynasty and is named after its the name of its founder, the
Marinid Sultan Abu Inan al-Mutawakkil. As with most madrassas of this period it served as an educational institute and a
congregational mosque, and there were adjoining shops and public bathrooms. These madrassas had important libraries and they were connected to the
famous university of al-Qarawiyyin.
- The design is distinguished by wood carved panels and finely carved stucco
on the courtyard façade. Wooden mashrabiyya
screens separate the marble-paved courtyard from the arcaded corridors
leading to the student rooms. The design bears a similarity to the Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra in Andalusia.
The madrasas often
served as mosques for their respective quarters and as settings for
official ceremonies. There were also charitable functions and lodgings for residential scholars and students. -
- Source: Archnet, "Madrassa Bou Inaniya" http://archnet.org/sites/1725/media_contents/61942#
