Al-Amiriyya Mosque and Madrasa

Al-Amiriyya Mosque and Madrasa is a major Tahirid-period religious and educational monument in the city of Radaʿ, Al-Bayda Governorate. Yemen submitted the complex to UNESCO’s Tentative List in 2025 under the title “Al Madrasah Al Amereyyah in Rada’.” UNESCO records that it was founded in 1504 during the reign of the Tahirid ruler al-Malik al-Zafir Amir ibn Abd al-Wahhab and that the complex was named after him.

The coordinates in this record are converted directly from the coordinates published on the UNESCO Tentative List page. UNESCO describes the madrasa as a substantial two-level building. The courtyard and living quarters are on the upper level, while part of the lower level forms a rectangular display hall that now serves as a museum space.

The structure is covered by six large circular domes, and its interior decoration includes geometric patterns, floral motifs and bands of Qur’anic inscriptions arranged around arches and their spandrels. These features make the building important not only as a historic place of worship but also as evidence of Tahirid educational architecture and decorative art.

Its religious significance is grounded in its function as a mosque and madrasa rather than in a miracle, apparition or healing tradition. No current opening hours, entry rules or visitor services are supplied because they were not reliably established from the authoritative source used for this review.