Madrasa Bir Lahjar

Entrance of madrsa Bir Lahjar

Hall of the madrasa

Madrasa Bir Lahjar (Arabic: مدرسة بئر الأحجار‎‎) is one of the madrasahs of the Medina of Tunis.

Location

Metallic plaque of El Pacha Street

It is located in 40 El Pacha Street.

History

Abu l-Hasan Ali I the Husainid Bey built 4 madrasas during his reign like the madrasa El Bachia in 1752 and the madrasa El Achouria in 1756. In the same year, he ordered to built the Madrasa Bir Lahjar.

The consctruction works finished a year later in 1757 after the death of the bey.

The madrasa hosted for decades Malikite students coming from different regions in the country.

Habous

Thanks to Abu l-Hasan Ali I, the madrasa had 25 different fiancial resources or Habous like 5 Foundouks, 3 shops, 1 house,etc.

Architecture

Foundation text of the madrasa

Decoration element

The entrance has a beautiful marble plating.

On the right of the door, the madrasa has a sabil decorated with a window and a marble plaque in which some informations about the madrasa's foundation are inscribed.

It has 16 rooms for the students and a prayer room.^[1]

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  The madrasa by night
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  General view of the madrasa
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  Entrance of the madrasa
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  Bir Lahjar Street
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  Facade of the Madrasa
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  Commemorative plaque of the cultural center Bir Lahjar

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.