This alley runs along the Khanqah al-Farafra, "a rare example of a Muslim (Sufi) monastery. The rather severe but pleasing building was constructed in 1237 in the name of the Ayyubid Governor, al-Nasr Yusuf II, son of Sultan al-Aziz (was Ayyubid governor of Aleppo, 1216-36), but probably actually endowed by his mother. Note the honeycombed entrance, the large Iwan in the courtyard [...], cells surround the courtyard. Next door to the east is the headquarters of the Office for the Protection of Old Aleppo. "