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Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra
Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra ( ar, المدرسة الحسينية الكبرى) also known as the Tourbet El Bey Madrasa, is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Location The madrasa is located in Tourbet El Bey Street, next to Tourbet El Bey Mausoleum itself. History It was built during the reign of Ali II ibn Hussein Ali II ibn Hussein (24 November 1712 – 26 May 1782) ( ar, أبو الحسن علي باي) was the fourth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1759 until his death in 1782. See also *Moustapha Khodja *Muhamm ... in 1777. It is considered one of the medina's biggest madrasas with more than 40 rooms.Ahmed Saadaoui, Tunis, ville ottomane : trois siècles d'urbanisme et d'architecture, Tunis, Centre de publication universitaire, 2001, 538 p. () Architecture The madrasa has two floors and a large hall. The 43 rooms are used to host students of Al-Zaytuna University. Also, it has a prayer room that was used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medersa Husseinia Kobra1
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated ''Madrasah arifah'', ''medresa'', ''madrassa'', ''madraza'', ''medrese'', etc. In countries outside the Arab world, the word usually refers to a specific type of religious school or college for the study of the religion of Islam, though this may not be the only subject studied. In an architectural and historical context, the term generally refers to a particular kind of institution in the historic Muslim world which primarily taught Islamic law and jurisprudence (''fiqh''), as well as other subjects on occasion. The origin of this type of institution is widely credited to Nizam al-Mulk, a vizier under the Seljuks in the 11th century, who was responsible for building the first network of official madrasas in Iran, Mesopotamia, and Khorasan. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
