NMC396Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Abu Inan Faris, Marinid Dynasty, Idrisid Dynasty
5 May 2016
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Please include the following information in your notes: name of the building/site, date, period i. e mamluk , safavids, ottomans etc, location, significance. It is a madrasa in fes, morocco, founded in ad 1351 56 by abu inan faris (the maranid ruler of. Morocco at the time) it is widely acknowledged as an excellent example of marinid architecture. It is the only madrasa with a minaret in fes. It was the last madrasa to be built by the marinids. Initially, it functioned as both an educational institute and became one of the most important religious institutions of fes and morocco eventually gaining the status of grand mosque. Today it is still an active religious building. The madrasa bou inania has a running fountain fed by water from the fez river that is brought in through this trench. The city was founded on a bank of the jawhar river by idris i in 789, founder of the zaydi shi"i idrisid dynasty.
