Reason for the name
Named Al-Kilani Turba and Al-Kilani School after Prince Karad Shah Bin Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Kilani Halaji famous as "Ibn Saheb Kilan." It called Dar al-Danf al-Ansari because it used as a residential house.
Builder
Haj Jamal Aldin Bahluban by order of Prince Qrad Shah bin Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Kilani Al-Halaji famous for "Ibn al-Sahib Kilan".
Consists of two layers with a front facade of the Mamluk style, it accessed through a beautiful Mameluke entrance, on either side of which is a stone seat known as the Guillotine.
It extends over the entrance opening which covered by two shutters and a stone threshold consisting of one block, followed by three stone pillars topped by a group of three squares or rows of porches known as balconies, and the gnats made Almuqarnas. before the five-ribs of the entrance port Upper mid-cap.
The entrance of the turba leads to a rectangle covered with a cross-vaulted shape, the entrance divided into an open courtyard, which shaped square and topped by a dome based on four pointed contracts.
The pillars above the square filled with spherical triangles to turn the square into an octagon, from the square to the round for the erection of the dome, and the second layer reached from the open dish, is a number of rooms covered with a helicopter dome with a shallow dome
Consists of two layers with a front facade of the Mameluke style, it accessed through a beautiful Mameluke entrance.
Each side has a stone seat known as the Guillotine, it extends over the opening of the entrance, which covered by two bronze-carved wooden shutters, Followed by three stone pillars topped by a group of three squares or rows of grills known as balconies.
The gnats made of the muqarnas before heading to the five-sided entrance plate emanating from one center at the top of the middle of the tank.
The entrance of the turba leads to a rectangular distributor covered in a vaulted manner, the entrance is then divided into an open courtyard “to the hall of the mausoleum”, which takes a square shape and topped by a dome based on four pointed contracts,
The elements above the square filled with spherical triangles to turn the square into an octagon, move from the square to the round for the dome, and the second layer from the open dish is a number of rooms covered by a fan vault with a shallow dome.
Current use: several families from Jerusalem like most schools inhabit the school’s status today.
The school affected by its transformation into family housing to some increases and the loss of some of its basic features, however its gate is still as seen by the passer and the inside to the Aqsa from the door of the chain.
History
Mameluke era, year (753 AH / 1352 AD).