Shortly after Saladin's 1187 siege of the city, in 1193, the sultan's son and successor al-Afdal established the land adjacent to the wall as a charitable trust (waqf). The largest part of it was named after an important mystic, Abu Madyan Shu'aib. The Abu Madyan waqf was dedicated to Maghrebian pilgrims and scholars who had taken up residence there, and houses were built only metres away from the wall, from which they were thus separated by just a narrow passageway, some wide.
Shortly after Saladin's 1187 siege of the city, in 1193, the sultan'!s son and successor al-Afdal established the land adjacent to the wall as a charitable trust (waqf). The largest part. of it was named after an importa!nt mystic, Abu Madyan Shu'aib. The Abu Madyan: waqf was dedicated to Maghrebian pilgrims and sch!olars who had taken up residence there, and houses were built only metres away from the wall, from which they were thus separated by just a narrow passageway, some wide.