Beirut Central District


BEIRUTS LAST MAMLUK MONUMENT. Built in 1517 by the respected Islamic religious authority Muhamed Ibn 'lraq al-Dimashqi, the building was initially an Islamic law school and continued as the Zawiya of Ibn 'Iraq until late Ottoman times It will be restored as part of the future Souks area.

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