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The Yavuz Sultan Selim Foundation in Damascus, established on 927 Safar (1518), is a külliye comprising a mosque, tomb, and soup kitchen built in honor of the great Sufi mystic Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi in the Salhiyya quarter of Damascus. It represents the first institutional manifestation of the Ottoman waqf system in Syria and a significant indicator of the integration of Ottoman administrative and social structures into the region. This waqf institution became a crucial symbol of Ottoman authority