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=== Northern and western porticos === The complex is bordered on the south and east by the outer walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. On the north and west it is bordered by two long porticos (''[[riwaq (arcade)|riwaq]]''), built during the Mamluk period.<ref>M.H. Burgoyne, D.S. Richards'', Mamluk Jerusalem: An Architectural Study'', pp. 104β07 (North Portico); and West Portico, pp. 192β94.</ref> A number of other structures were also built along these areas, mainly also from the Mamluk period. On the north side, they include the Isardiyya Madrasa, built before 1345, and the Almalikiyya Madrasa, dated to 1340.<ref name=":212">{{Cite book |last=Murphy-O'Connor |first=Jerome |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KKIUDAAAQBAJ |title=The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700 |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-19-923666-4 |pages=90β92 |language=en}}</ref> On the west side, they include the Ashrafiyya Madrasa, built by Sultan Qaytbay between 1480 and 1482,<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |last1=Blair |first1=Sheila S. |author-link1=Sheila Blair |title=The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250β1800 |last2=Bloom |first2=Jonathan |author-link2=Jonathan Bloom |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1995 |location=New Haven, CN; London |pages=92β93}}</ref> and the adjacent [[Al-Uthmaniyya Madrasa (Jerusalem)|Uthmaniyya Madrasa]], dated to 1437.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burgoyne |first=Michael Hamilton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qR_qAAAAMAAJ |title=Mamluk Jerusalem: An Architectural Study |publisher=British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem by the World of Islam Festival Trust |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-905035-33-8 |pages=544β547 |language=en}}</ref> The Sabil of Qaytbay, contemporary with the Ashrafiyya Madrasa, also stands nearby.<ref name=":03" />
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