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Madrasas Of Tunis
Madrasas of Tunis were built under the reign of the Hafsid dynasty in the medina of Tunis. The original plan was that those schools would contribute to educate the state civil servants. In the 20th century, their role is limited to hosting students of the University of Ez-Zitouna. List * Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra * Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra * Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra * Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra * Madrasa Al Jassoussia * Madrasa Al Khaldounia * Madrasa Asfouria * Madrasa Andaloussiya * Madrasa Ibn Tafargine * Madrasa Bir Lahjar * Madrasa El Jemaa Al Jedid * Madrasa Ech Chamaiya * Madrasa El Achouria * Madrasa El Bachia * Madrasa El Maghribia * Madrasa El Mountaciriya * Madrasa El Mtaychia * Madrasa El Tawfikia * Madrasa El Unqiya * Madrasa El Yusefiya * Madrasa Ennakhla * Madrasa Hamzia * Madrasa Hwanit Achour * Madrasa Marjania * Madrasa Mouradiyya * Madrasa Salhia * Madrasa Slimania * Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ Madrasa Saheb Ettab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medersa Slimania
Madrasa Slimania ( ar, المدرسة السليمانية) is a former madrasa and one of the monuments of the Ottoman era in the medina of Tunis. History It was built in 1754 by Abu l-Hasan Ali I in memory of his son Suleiman (who was poisoned by his brother), near the Al-Zaytuna Mosque and Souk El Kachachine. It was the first one of four madrasahs to be built by Abu l-Hasan Ali I : Madrasa El Bachia, Madrasa El Achouria and Madrasa Bir Lahjar. Architecture Madrasa Slimania is known for its porch located at a higher level compared to the street. This porch offers access to a richly decorated entrance with an Ottoman touch. Columns and capitals hold its beautiful stone arch (''kadhel et harch'') with its green roof tiles cornice. The courtyard is surrounded by four galleries: one of them gives access to a prayer room and the three others to 18 rooms formerly hosting students. The prayer room is divided into three naves of three bays and has a colourful marble mihrab. It has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa Ibn Tafargine
Madrasa Ibn Tafargine ( ar, مدرسة ابن تفرجين) is one of the madrasahs of the Medina of Tunis. Location The madrasa was located in Haouanet Achour Street, in El Hafsia district. History It was built during the Hafsid era. Etymology The madrasa got its name from its founder, Ibn Tafargine who is buried in it. Description It had the basic elements of a madrasa (''skifa, ghorfa, sahn,'' etc.) and a large hall In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age and early Middle Ages in northern Europe, a mead hall was where a lord and his retainers ate and also slept. Later in the Middle Ages, the gr .... Its skifa had a straight shape and a higher level comparing to the street and the hall. References {{Portal, Africa Madrasas in the medina of Tunis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa Hamzia
Madrasa Hamzia ( ar, المدرسة الحمزية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. It was built in the 20th century by a rich bourgeois in order to host the University of Ez-Zitouna students coming from Mahdia, Tunisia. Location The madrasa is located in Souk El Attarine, between the Khaldounia and the madrasa Asfouria. It is very close to the Al-Zaytuna Mosque. History It was built in 1929 by Hassan Ben El Haj Hamza, a wealthy bourgeois from Mahdia, Tunisia. It is the only madrasa in the medina of Tunis The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from t ... to host not only students but also teachers. Evolution Nowadays, the madrasa is managed by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture. References {{Coord, 36.7976, 10.1709, display=title Hamzia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa Ennakhla
Madrasa Ennakhla ou Madrasa of the Palm ( ar, المدرسة السليمانية) is a former madrasa and one of the monuments of the Ottoman era in the medina of Tunis. It is named after the palm tree at the center of its patio which still stands today. Location The madrasa is located near the Al-Zaytuna Mosque, at the Souk El Koutbiya, and was built on the site of a caravanserai that used to sell wine. The madrasa is also close to Madrasa Slimania and Madrasa El Bachia. Those three madrasas nearing the Al-Zaytuna Mosque provided schooling and housing for the University of Ez-Zitouna students. History Madrasa Ennakhla is the second madrasa founded by Al-Husayn I ibn Ali and was constructed in 1714. It is of great archaeological and historical interest as its simple architecture is representative of traditional buildings used for student housing. It was the first among the three madrasas to be built and the closest to the Al-Zaytuna Mosque. Since its restoration in 1979 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa El Yusefiya
Madrasa El Yusefiya ( ar, المدرسة اليوسفية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Localization The madrasa was first built near the Kasbah. But after, it got transferred into another building in 29 Es Sabbaghine Street in the first floor of madrasa Es Sabbaghine. Because of the accommodation crisis of Al-Zaytuna students in the twenties, the number of the students in this madrasah increased from 21 (which was the normal capacity of the madrasa) to 39 in 1930. History During the Ottoman era in the end of the 16th century and in order to spread the Hanafi doctrine, the ottomans started use the Hafsid madrasahs that used to teach the Almohad doctrine and transform them. One of these madrasahs is Youssef Dey madrasa or Madrasa El Yusefiya. Students The poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi Aboul-Qacem Echebbi ( ar, أبو القاسم الشابي, ; 24 February 1909 – 9 October 1934) was a Tunisian poet. He is probably best known for writing the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa El Unqiya
Madrasa El Unqiya ( ar, المدرسة العنقية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Localization It is located in Onk El Jamal Street in the Medina of Tunis. History It was built in 1333 era under the orders of the sister of the Hafsid sultan Abu Yahya Abu Bakr al-Mutawakkil. Muhammad Ibn Abdel-Salam al-Hawari, the professor of Ibn Khaldoun was the first director of this madrasah in 1341.Abdelaziz Daoulatli, Tunis sous les Hafsides, Tunis, Institut national d'art et d'archéologie, 1976, p. 165 In the 16th century and during the Ottoman era, Ahmed Khodja Dey restored the madrasa and ordered to teach the Hanafite doctrine. It became a classified monument in 19 October 1992. Evolution Nowadays, the madrasa is not used and in danger. Architecture It has the hafsid The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa El Tawfikia
Madrasa El Tawfikia ( ar, المدرسة التوفيقية), also known as the madrasa of Al Haoua Mosque is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Location It is located in Maâkal Az-Zaïm ( ar, ساحة معقل الزعيم) or the leader's place near Al Haoua Mosque. History The mosque was built during the Hafsid era in 1253 by the princess Atf, the second wife of the Hafsid sultan Abu Zakariya Yahya and mother of the sultan Muhammad I al-Mustansir. It taught both Almohad and then Malikite doctrine. It accommodated Al-Zaytuna University students for centuries. The madrasa El Tawfikia had an important political role. In fact, in 1928, it hosted Al Zaytuna university students meetings to prepare the first long strike that started in December of the same year and finished in 20 January 1929. In 1995, the madrasa became the superior institute of Islamic civilization of Tunis. Teachers The professor of Ibn Khaldoun Ibn Khaldun (; ar, أبو زي ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medersa El Mettichia
Madrasa El Mettichia ( ar, المدرسة المتيشية) is one of the madrasa 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 '' ...hs of Tunis. Location The madrasa is located in the southwest of the suburb of Bab Souika, between Ben Metticha and Bou Sandel streets. History Madrasa El Mettichia was built in 1705 by Ahmed Lagha with the sober architecture of the Hafsid dynasty. Description The building has a typical architecture: a courtyard with two porticos that gives access to the rooms and the prayer room. The latrines are separated from the courtyard by a small courtyard. Nowadays, the madrasa is in a bad state. La médersa El Mettichia photo 1 المدرسة المتيشية.jpg, View of the madrasa with its northern ''sabat'' (covered pathway) Sabat au voisinage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
