Since its inauguration in 1992, the building serves as the headquarters of the Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction. However the war that raged through Beirut destroyed most parts of the courthouse and turned them into ruins until prime minister Rafik Hariri donated the sum needed for its reconstruction and renovation. Later the courthouse was moved to another location and the building became the Institute of Fine Art of the Lebanese University. When the French entered the city in 1918, they turned the hospital into a courthouse. Its northern wing housed a drugstore (ajzah). The hospital building included two wings. Sultan Abdülaziz (ruled 1861–1876) ordered the building of a hospital (Hastahane in Turkish, usually shortened to Hastane in current modern Turkish), which was built in 1865, people referred to it as the military infirmary. Between 18 major structural modifications were made which gave the Serail its final form. The building only consisted of a single floor until 1856, a second floor was added and the ground floor was repurposed as the cavalry stables. The fortification of the barracks began in 1853, and it was further expanded during the Crimean war. Beirutis referred to it then as Al-Quishleh (modern Turkish: Kışla), a Turkish word for "Garrison". The building was first used as the headquarters of military and civilian departments and, after expansion, became the headquarters of Ottoman governors. The Ottoman military took interest in the hill, and set up its military base there. In 1840, the Ottoman Empire with the support of the Prussian, Russian, and English navies, recaptured Syria from Ibrahim Pasha.
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