Manjak al-Yousifi bath in Bosra al-Sham.. The highest level of architecture achievements in the Mamluk era

The Manjak al-Yousifi bath represents the highest level of architectural achievements in the Mamluk era, and its construction by the Mamluk Sultan Battalions is considered a development of public facilities in Bosra and a reconstruction of the pilgrimage road leading to the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah.

Head of the Department of Antiquities of Bosra al-Sham, Alaa al-Salah, stated that the building of the bath is evidence of the high level that Islamic civilization reached during the Middle Ages, indicating that the bath with the adjacent Omari mosque in the center of the city is a sign of the transition of Bosra from an ancient classical capital to an Islamic city. He explained that this bathroom was characterized by the use of the complex vaulting system that was used in the facilities of the Ayyubids, whose construction depended on the architecture used in Damascus.

In the year 1981, the bathroom was discovered and excavated, and restoration operations were carried out for some of its parts within the framework of a joint cooperation project between the Bosra Antiquities Department and the German Institute of Archeology in Damascus. Thus, the bathroom almost returned to its previous state.

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