| Salimiyya Takiyya | |
|---|---|
التكية السليمية | |
 Salimiyya Takiyya in 2008 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Sect | Sufism |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | as-Salihiyya,Damascus |
| Country | Syria |
  Location of the takiyya inDamascus | |
 Interactive map of Salimiyya Takiyya | |
| Coordinates | 33°31′46″N36°17′17″E / 33.52944°N 36.28806°E /33.52944; 36.28806 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Takiyya |
| Style | Local idiom |
| Completed | 924AH (1518/1519 CE) |
| Specifications | |
| Minaret | 1 |
| Shrine | 1: (Ibn 'Arabi) |
TheSalimiyya Takiyya (Arabic:التكية السليمية,romanized: at-Takiyya as-Salīmiyya), also known as theIbn Arabi Mosque, is atakiyya (Ottoman-era Arabic name for amosque complex which served as aSufi convent) inas-Salihiyya,Damascus.
The complex was built over and in the surroundings ofIbn Arabi's tomb in 924AH (1518/1519 CE) by the Ottoman sultanSelim I upon his return from the conquest ofEgypt.[1]: 224 [8] The Salimiyya Takiyya is considered to have been "the first Ottoman building in Syria".[2] However, its construction is considered to have followed "a localarchitectural idiom",[3] which was "neitherMamluk, norOttoman"[4] (unlike the laterSulaymaniyya Takiyya, which marked the introduction of the Ottoman architectural style to Damascus).[5][a]
The Salimiyya Takiyya consists of the Ibn Arabi Mosque and animaret (orsoup kitchen) facing it.[1]: pl. IV (page 12 of file)
Quoting Steve Tamari:
After returning from the conquest ofEgypt in 1518,Selim I (r. 1512–20) commissioned the first Ottoman building in Syria, al-Takiyya al-Salimiyya, a Sufi retreat and mosque complex at the tomb of the Sufi masterMuhyi al-Din Ibn al-ʿArabi (d. 1240) in the Salihiyya suburb north of Damascus proper. According to historians of the period, it was the center of educational life in Salihiyya, which itself was filled with Ayyubid- and Mamluk-eramadrasas and was home to many of the city’s most prominent scholars. In fact, in the eighteenth century, al-Salimiyya ranked only behind theUmayyad Mosque andal-Sulaymaniyya al-Bar[r]aniyya as the third most important teaching institution in the city. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, those who held the position ofmudarris at the al-Salimiyya were closely tied to imperial power. The originalnazir of thewaqf was Turkish and a commission established to oversee construction was made up of the chief judge in Damascus and the sultan’s tutor. Yusuf Abi al-Fatah (d. 1646–47), for example, was imam to two sultans before returning to his home of Damascus and teaching at al-Salimiyya. During the eighteenth century, the teaching position was practically the preserve of two families, the Nabulusi and Mahasini families. Both were also prominent in the Salihiyya neighborhood. By this time, al-Salimiyya was eclipsed by al-Sulaymaniyya al-Bar[r]aniyya which became the preserve of the Hanafimufti of Damascus.[2]
ni mamelouk, ni ottoman
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