List of traditional Islamic educational institutions

This is a list of traditional Islamic educational institutions . It includes important religious and social institutions such as mosques , theological teaching centers ( madaris ), universities, the Beit-ul Hikmah (houses of wisdom), libraries and hospitals ( bimārestān ), but in particular mosques (as a teaching center), the madares and libraries. Even after the establishment of independent theology centers, the mosques retained their functionality for teaching and educational issues. A madrasa (plural: madaris) is a center for teaching and education. Public libraries were called "Dar al-'Ilm" ("House of Knowledge"). Independent libraries were called Dar al-'Ilm (House of Knowledge) or Dar al-Kutub (House of Books) or Chazanat al-Hikma (Treasury of Wisdom).

Overview

The overview is based on today's countries, i.e. H. not according to the historical states. Some further web links are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Egypt

• the Azhar mosque in Cairo , mosque with library, initially a Shiite university

• Fustat Hospital , in al-Fustat (Old Cairo), Egypt , specialist library

• al-Kabir-Mansuri Hospital in Cairo , specialist library
• Madrasa of an-Nasir Muhammed
• the Sultaniya in Cairo

• Dar al-'Ilm (House of Knowledge) of the Fatimids , Cairo , library, founded around 1005, destroyed in 1068, mathematics and natural sciences

Afghanistan

• Nizamiyya from Balkh

• Nizamiyya from Herat

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Gazi-Husrev-Beg - Medresa in Sarajevo
• Elči Ibrahim Pasha Medresa in Travnik

India

• Firangi Mahal , Lucknow (Lucknow)
• Madrasa Manzar-i Islam

(see also list of madrasas in India )

Iraq

• bait al-ḥikma in Baghdad ("House of Wisdom"), Abbasids , Mamun

• Jundi Shāpur-Madresa ( Jundi Shāpur )

• Azudey Hospital in Baghdad , Buyid period

• the Imam Ali pilgrimage site in Najaf , Iraq , with library

• the pilgrimage site of Mussah Ibn Jafar in Kaseymin (Iraq)

• Moqtaderi Hospital in Baghdad , specialized library

• Dar al-'Ilm in Baghdad

• Dar al-'Ilm from Mosul ( Iraq )

• Nizamiyya of Baghdad

• Najaf Theological College , one of the largest theological colleges in the Islamic world.

• Mustansiriyah -Madrasah ( al-Mustansiriyya University ) in Baghdad on the Tigris

• Nizamiyya from Basra

• Nizamiyya from Mosul

• Chazanat-ul Hikmah by Ali Ibn Yahyah Monadschem *

Iran

• Mosque in the Iranian province of Sistan (1st century after the Hijra), religious knowledge

• Nishapur , political and scientific center of the northeastern Iranian Khorasan , several large mosques as places of scientific teaching: Motarrezi Mosque , Aqil Mosque , Old Mosque (masdschede Qadim)

• Imam Resas pilgrimage site in Mashhad ( Iran ), with library

• Ghazan Chan burial site in Tabriz ( Iran ) with library

• Tomb of Sheikh Ahmad Jami (in Iranian Torbat-e Jām ), with library

• Hospital of Rey , Library

• Nizamiyya from Isfahan

• Nizamiyya of Nishapur

• Nizamiyya of Amol (in Northern Iran)

• Madrasah Tschahar-Bagh in Isfahan ( Shiite teaching center built by the Safavid kings)

• Chan-Shiraz-Madrasah in Shiraz ( Shiite teaching center built by the Safavid kings)

Israel & Palestine

• al-Aqsa Mosque in Beit-ul-Moqadas (Jerusalem), mosque with library

• Dar al-'Ilm in Beyt-ul-Moqadas ( Jerusalem )

• Madrasa in Beyt-ul-Moqadas ( Jerusalem ), 1189, by Saladin

Lebanon

• Dar al-'Ilm in Trablos ( Tripoli )

Morocco

• Madrasa Bū ʿInānīya of Fez
• Qarawiin-Madrasah in Fez , Morocco , is considered by some to be the oldest university in the world
• Madrasa Bū ʿInānīya of Meknes

Pakistan

• Madrasas in Pakistan - on the role and importance of educational institutions in Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

• First mosque ( Qubāʾ mosque ) in Medina , center for instruction and clarification of legal cases as well as for advice and decision-making in political, cultural and military matters

• Imam Sadiq's teaching center in Medina / Imam Sadiq's school , Jafariten

• Holy mosque in Mecca , with library

• the Prophet's Mosque in Medina , with library

Spain

• Madrasah of Gharnatah ( Granada ), 1349

Syria

• the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus ( Umayyad Main Mosque) with library
• the Shamisatiyah wa Chosruiyah (in Damascus )
• al-Halawiyya madrasah in Halab (Aleppo)
• Ash Sharafiyya madrasah in Halab (Aleppo) ( Sharaf ad-Din )
• Chusrawiyya mosque and madrasa in Aleppo , almost completely destroyed in 2014, was considered the " al-Azhar of Aleppo".

(see also list of madrasas in Syria )

Tunisia

• the al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir in Kairouan , mosque with library

Turkey

• Mevlânâ Museum , the burial place of Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi in Konya
• İnce Minareli Medrese in Konya - Rum-Seljuk Medrese, proposed as a World Heritage Site.
• Gök madrasah in Sivas - Rum-Seljuk madrasah
• Şifaiye madrasah in Sivas - Rum-Seljuk madrasah

Uzbekistan

• Several mosques in Bukhara served to teach religious commandments and religious studies
  • Mir Arab Madrasa
• Madrasa in Samarkand / Ulugbek Madrasa

Other regions

North africa

• , Madrasahs by rulers of Muwahiddun built

Central Asia

• Madares, especially the Madrasah in Samarkand

See also

• List of Islamic seminaries (English)

literature

• Ferdinand Wüstenfeld : The academies of the Arabs and their teachers. After excerpts from Ibn Shohba's classes of the sheepites. Göttingen 1837 - digitized

References and footnotes

1. ↑ german.irib.ir
2. ↑ UNESCO tentative list online , accessed October 24, 2016