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The Khânaqâh al-Farafira (Arabic: خانقاه الفرافرة) is a 13th-century Sufi monastery in Aleppo, Syria, located in the al-Farafira quarter of the Ancient City and positioned north to the Citadel of Aleppo. The khânaqâh was built in 1237 by the efforts of Dayfa Khatun, the regent ruler of Aleppo from 1237 to 1244 and the wife of Az-Zahir Ghazi.
History
At the time of its commission, it was the largest khânaqâh in the city. The building was a centre for sufis and dervishes. The original name of the building was ar-Ribāt al-Nasiri (Arabic: الرباط الناصري).
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