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Qaymari Bimaristan (البيمارستان القيمري) is a large medieval bimaristan ("hospital") in Damascus, Syria. It is located in the Salihiyah quarter to the north of the old city of Damascus. The bimaristan was built by Sayf al-Din Yusuf al-Qaymari, a rich Kurdish emir who supported the Ayyubids in Damascus. The bimaristan was built between 1248-1258.

The bimaristan is built along the same lines of the earlier Nur al-Din Bimaristan. It has a square plan that is accessed through a grand portal located in the north side of the building. The gate is built with alternating lines of black and white stones. The portal is decorated with black and white voussoirs and its niche is flanked by two pairs of colonettes.

The interior is composed of a central courtyard which opens into four iwan halls in each side.