Al-Nuri Hospital in Damascus

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Al-Nuri Hospital in Damascus is a historic medieval Islamic medical center and teaching hospital renowned as one of the most important bimaristans in the Middle East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic hospital
bimaristan
historic building
medieval hospital
teaching hospital
architecturalFeature courtyard-centered layout
stone construction
vaulted halls
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture
category Historic sites in Damascus
Hospitals in Damascus
Medieval Islamic hospitals
country Syria
era medieval period
foundedBy Nur al-Din Zangi NERFINISHED
function charitable hospital
medical treatment center
teaching institution
hasFacility courtyard
lecture halls
pharmacy
wards for different diseases
water fountains
hasLanguageOfInstruction Arabic
hasTypeOfEndowment waqf
heritageStatus historic monument
inception 12th century
influenced later hospitals in the Islamic world
locatedIn Damascus NERFINISHED
Old City of Damascus NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
medicalTradition Islamic medicine
namedAfter Nur al-Din NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the most important bimaristans in the Middle East
charitable endowment system
integration of medical care and education
partOf Islamic medical network of the medieval Middle East
patron Nur al-Din Zangi NERFINISHED
region Middle East
religiousContext Islamic
usedFor clinical instruction
training physicians
treatment of the poor

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bimaristan notableExample Al-Nuri Hospital in Damascus