The Madrasa managed to survive until today with its perfect structure. The construction of the two-storey, domed, single and open courtyard madrasah was mainly made with ashlar. The complex attracting attention in terms of its features, stonework and ornament motifs, is located in a along with a mosque and a tomb.

There is a fountain and a large pool in the courtyard of the madrasa. It is, one of the largest structures in Mardin with an open front to the plain in the south.

Not surprisingly, it is one of the must see places of Mardin

History
The medrese was begun sultan Al-Zahir Majd al-Din ‘Isā ibn Dāwūd (or İsa Bey) of the Artuqid dynasty, rulers of an Anatolian beylik. However, he was killed in a battle against the Karakoyunlu in 1407, before the building was fully constructed.

The construction was resumed after the city fell to the Akkoyunlu Turkmens. Kasım, a son of Akkoyunlu sultan Mu’izz-al-Din, is credited with completing the medrese in 1445.

The building
The main building is rectangular. The entrance through an ornamented portal is from the south. In the courtyard there is a pool. The water source is a funnel in the wall that represents birth.

The water from the pool drains through a narrow slit that represents death and sırat. The classrooms surround the pool. The classroom doors are kept deliberately low to ensure students would bow reverently before their teachers as they entered.