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Coordinates: Bank 31°46′45.62″N 35°14′02.11″E / 31.7793389°N 35.2339194°E / 31.7793389; 35.2339194
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Al-Manjakiyya Madrasa
المنجكية
Al-Manjakiyya, facing Haram esh-Sharif on the east side
Huldra/Al-Manjakiyya is located in the West Bank
Huldra/Al-Manjakiyya
Location within the West Bank
General information
TypeMadrasa
Architectural styleMamluk
LocationEast Jerusalem
CoordinatesBank 31°46′45.62″N 35°14′02.11″E / 31.7793389°N 35.2339194°E / 31.7793389; 35.2339194
CompletedJumada II 754/July 1353

Al-Manjakiyya (Arabic: المنجكية) was a madrasa in Jerusalem.

Location

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It is located just north of the Iron Gate.

Founder

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Al-Manjakiyya was build by Sayf al-Din Manjak, also called Manjak al-Yusufi, a Mamluk who died in 1375.[1]

In 1344 he was Silihdar, Arm-Bearer, bringing the head of the deposed An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt from Al-Karak to Cairo.[1]

In 1347, his brother Baybugha became vice roy of Egypt in under An-Nasir Hasan. An-Nasir Hasan tried to assert his leadership versus his mamluks in 1350, and arrested both Manjak al-Yusufi and his brother Baybugha. However, An-Nasir Hasan was overthrown in 1351, and replaced with his half brother As-Salih Salih, whose chief Mamluk Taz an-Nasiri released both brothers.[1]

Amir Taz Palace, Cairo

Taz and Manjak then started constructing the Amir Taz Palace in Cairo, with Manjak initially in charge. It was completed in Jumada II 754/July 1353[2]

The brothers Baybugha and Manjak al-Yusufi conspired against As-Salih Salih, this was discovered and as a result Baybugha was executed (in 1353) and Manjak al-Yusufi thrown in jail. In the spring of 1354 he was released through the influence of Shaykhu, and sent to Safad.[1]

An-Nasir Hasan regained power in 1355, and reigned until he was killed by his Mamluk Yalbugha al-Umari in 1361, who installed the young boy Al-Mansur Muhammad as Sultan.[1] Manjak conspired with Baydamur, then governor of Damascus, against Yalbugha al-Umari. Both were jailed in August 1361, and Manjak was only freed when Yalbugha al-Umari was killed in 1366.[1]

Fatima, a daughter of Sayf al-Din Manjak, married Sultan Barquq in 786/1384.[3]


History

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Al-Manjakiyya, in 1920[4]

According to Mujir al-Din; "He [i.e. Manjak] was ordered to reside in Jerusalem as tarkhan. He came to the city in Safar 761 [December 1359- January 1360]. In a certain history [it is written that] ‘He came to Jerusalem to build the madrasa for the Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir Hasan’. It was his intention to build it for him, but when the Sultan was killed in the year 762 [1361], he built it for himself and it took his name. He endowed the madrasa and provided it with students of law (fuqaha) and other personnel."[5][6]

There are two defters giving two different foundation dates for the waqf for Al-Manjakiyya: One gives 770/1368-69, the other 773/1371-72.[6] But both broadly agree about what income was included in the waqf:

  • The "New Baths" at Safad,
  • Three shops, known as Wakala, in Jerusalem
  • 1/12 (or 1 share) of the hall of Haraflsh Hill in Jerusalem,
  • rent from the land called Charity Land, in West Jerusalem
  • "6 shares and a third and an eighth of a share" of Beit Safafa
  • "A parcel of land known as Manjak’s Land and Charity Land" in Jerusalem District.[7]

Modern period

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In 1914 Max van Berchem visited, and then Al-Manjakiyya was used as a boys school. It was later used as a private residence, until 1342/1923 when it was converted for use for the Awqaf. It remains is use as offices for the Awqaf.[8][9]

Endowments

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See Sha'ab[10] Hawadi in Gaza Sanjak,[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Burgoyne, 1987, pp. 385−386
  2. ^ Burgoyne, 1987, p. 399
  3. ^ Burgoyne, 1987, p. 398, note 33
  4. ^ van Berchem, 1920, Pl. LXVI
  5. ^ Moudjir ed-dyn, 1876, pp. 147−148
  6. ^ a b Burgoyne, 1987, p. 385
  7. ^ Burgoyne, 1987, p. 386
  8. ^ van Berchem, 1922, pp. 284-5
  9. ^ Burgoyne, 1987, p. 387
  10. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 193
  11. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 142

Bibliography

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  • Berchem, van, M. (1922). MIFAO 43 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.1 Jérusalem "Ville" (in French and Arabic). Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
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