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This is a list of Islamic seminaries throughout history, including the operational, historical, defunct or converted ones. This list includes mainly

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 '' ...

in the Western context, which refers to the specific type of religious school or college for the study of the

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main ...

religion and Islamic educations, though this may not be the only subject studied. It also includes sectarian or regional variants which have distinct characteristics and traditions, though serves the identical purposes as seminary, namely

Hawza A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated. The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold s ...

Shi'a Islam Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...

Nezamiyeh The Nezamiyeh ( fa, نظامیه) or Nizamiyyah ( ar, النظامیة) are a group of institutions of higher education established by Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century in Iran. The name ''nizamiyyah'' derives from his name. Founded a ...

in the medieval Persia,

Darul Uloom Darul uloom (), also spelled ''dar-ul-ulum'', is an Arabic term that literally means "house of knowledge". The term generally means an Islamic seminary or educational institution – similar to or often the same as a madrassa or Islamic school ...

which has roots in

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, Qawmi in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

pesantren ''Pesantren'', or ''pondok pesantren'', are Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. They consist of pondok, mosque, santri, teaching of classical Islamic texts and Kyai.Zamakhsyari Dhofie''The Pesantren Tradition: A Study of the Role of the Kya ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

, and pondok in

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and

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. This list does not include institutions which are not religious seminaries, but have an Islamic identity or charter, or devoted to sciences and arts usually associated with Islamic culture and history, namely

Islamic University The term "Islamic university" ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية, ''Jami'ah Islamiyah''), sometimes called madrasah jāmiʿah ( ar, مدرسة جامعة), can be used to describe secular educational institutions that were founded by people ...

List of Islamic seminaries

The listings are in alphabetical order by country.

Bangladesh

* Jamia Ahmadiyya Sunnia Kamil Madrasa, Chittagong *Quaderia Taiyebia Alia Kamil Madrasah, Dhaka *

Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Obaidia Nanupur Jamia Islamia Obaidia Nanupur ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية العبيدية نانوفور), popularly known as Nanupur Madrasah ( bn, নানুপুর মাদ্রাসা), is a famous Qawmi Jamiah. The Jamiah was establishe ...

, Chittagong * Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya, Chittagong *

Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Al-Jāmiʿah al-Ahliyyah Dār al-ʿUlūm Muʿīn al-Islām ( ar, الجامعة الأهلية دار العلوم معين الإسلام), popularly known as the Hāṭhazārī Madrasa ( bn, হাটহাজারী মাদ্রাসা) ...

, Chittagong * Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar, Chittagong * Al-Markazul Islami As-Salafi, Nawdapara * Islamic Research Center Bangladesh, Bashundhara * Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia, Chittagong *Jamia Madania Angura Muhammadpur, Sylhet * Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh, Dhaka *Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka, Dhaka * Jamia Shari'ah Malibag, Dhaka, Dhaka *

Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah Jamia Tawakkulia Renga ( ar, الجامعة التوکلية رنغا), or simply Renga Madrasah ( bn, রেঙ্গা মাদ্রাসা), is a madrasah located in the village of Renga, near Mogla Bazar, in South Surma Upazila, about so ...

, Sylhet * Jamiah Islamiah Hussainia Gohorpur, Sylhet * Jamiah Islamiah Yunusia Brahmanbaria, Brahmanbaria *

Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar ( ar, الجامعة العلوم الإسلامية لالخان بازار), popularly known as Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah ( bn, লালখান বাজার মাদ্রাসা), is a well-known Q ...

, Chittagong * Satpur Kamil Madrasah, Bishwanath, Sylhet.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ghazi Khusraw-bey's Madrasah Ghazi or Gazi ( ar, غازى), a title given to Muslim warriors or champions and used by several Ottoman Sultans, may refer to: *Ghazi (warrior), an Islamic term for the Muslim soldier who crusades for their religion, land or territory People G ...

, Sarajevo

Cyprus

* Great Madrasah, Nicosia

Egypt

* Al-Azhar Madrasa,

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...

* Emir Qurqumas Complex, Cairo * Madrasa of Jamal al-Din, Cairo *

Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad The Madrasa of Al-Nasir Muhammad is a madrasa and mausoleum located in the Bayn al-Qasrayn area of Muizz Street, al-Muizz street in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in the name of the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, but its construction beg ...

, Cairo * Qalawun complex, Cairo * Salihiyya Madrasa, Cairo * Madrasa of Sarghatmish, Cairo * Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu, Cairo * Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex, Cairo *

Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan ( ar, مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن ) is a monumental mosque and madrasa located in Salah al-Din Square in the historic district of Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1356 and 1363 during the Bahri ...

, Cairo

India

* Al Jamiatul Ashrafia,

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

, India *

Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah; Lisan al-Dawat: الجامعۃ السـیفیۃ; ur, جامعۃ سـیفیۃ, Jamea Saifiyah. is an Arabic academy dedicated to Islamic learning based in India, Pakistan, and Kenya. Established in Surat as ''Dars-e Saifee ...

, Surat * Al-Jame-atul-Islamia, Raunahi *

Arusiyyah Madrasah Madrasatu l-‘Arūsiyyah ( ar, مدرسة العروسية; Tamil: அரூஸிய்யா மத்ரஸா ''Arūsiyya Madrasa'') is the oldest institution of Arabic and Islamic learning in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu (Tamil: ...

, Tamil Nadu *

Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College (جامعة الباقيات الصالحات) Jami'ah al Baqiyath as Salihat is an Islamic college in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India that was established in 1857. The madrasa was founded by Aa'la Hazrat Abdul Wahhab ...

, Tamil Nadu * Coordination of Islamic Colleges *

Darul Uloom Deoband The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary ( darul uloom) in India at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The seminary was established by Muhammad Qa ...

, Deoband *

Darul Uloom Waqf Al-Jamia Al-Islamia Darul Uloom Waqf Deoband (known as Darul Uloom Waqf) is an Islamic seminary situated in the Indian town of Deoband. It was established by scholars led by Muhammad Salim Qasmi and Anzar Shah Kashmiri in 1982 as a result of a ...

, Deoband * Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow * Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh, Aligarh * Jamia Amjadia Rizvia, Ghosi * Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly *

Jamia Islamia Talimuddin Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel (or Dabhel Jamiah Islamiah or Jamiah Islamiah Dabhel) is a Deobandi Islamic seminary in Dabhel, Gujarat, India. Education pattern The Jamiah has the following departments: * Nazirah-e-Qur'an (reading the Qur ...

Jamia Darussalam Jamia Darussalam is an Arabic college founded in 1924 by Kaka Mohammed Oomer in Oomerabad. Jamia Darussalam is an Islamic institution in south India. History Jamia Darussalam is an Islamic university founded by an animal skin merchant, Kaka ...

, Tamil Nadu * Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad * Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya, Kerala * Manzar-e-Islam, Bareilly *

Mazahir Uloom Mazahir Uloom ( ur, ) is an Islamic seminary located in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Started in November 1866 by Sa'ādat Ali Faqīh, and developed further by Mazhar Nanautawi and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri; it is regarded as the second most influe ...

, Saharanpur

Indonesia

Pondok Pesantren Gading Mangu Perak Jombang Pondok Pesantren Gading Mangu Perak Jombang is an Islamic religious education in Gading Mangu, Jombang, East Java Province. in Indonesia, The school is managed by Yayasan Budi Utomo. The school emphasizes the teaching of Al-Quran Al-Hadith ...

, Jombang *

Pondok Pesantren Al Manshurin Metro Lampung Pondok Pesantren Al Manshurin is an Islamic school in Metro, Lampung. See also {{portal, Indonesia * Indonesia Institute of Islamic Dawah Indonesia Institute of Islamic Dawah ( id, Lembaga Dakwah Islam Indonesia) or LDII, is an independent soc ...

Bandar Lampung Bandar Lampung (Lampung: , ''Kutak Bandarlampung'', formerly Dutch: ''Oosthaven'', lit. "Eastern Harbor") is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Lampung. Located on the southern tip of Sumatra, Bandar Lampung was original ...

Pondok Pesantren Millenium Alfina Pondok Pesantren Millenium Alfina is a co-educational boarding school of the Indonesia Institute of Islamic Dawah in East Java, Indonesia. It opened in 2000. Current enrollment is c. 200, with a 20:1 student-teacher ratio. Instruction is conduct ...

Nganjuk Nganjuk Regency is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' of East Java Province, Indonesia. It bordered Bojonegoro Regency in the north, Jombang Regency in the east, Kediri Regency in the south, and Madiun Regency in the west. It covers an area of 1,224.33 s ...

East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and so ...

Pondok Pesantren Minhaajurrosyidiin Jakarta Yayasan Pondok Pesantren Minhaajurrosyidiin Jakarta was established in 1995 by retired military and police are concerned about the increase in morals and manners of the people of Indonesia who fit the Qur'an and the Shari'a Alhadits The Prophet. ...

, Jakarta * Pondok Pesantren Walibarokah Burengan Banjaran Kediri,

Kediri Kediri can refer to: * Kediri (historical kingdom), a medieval kingdom occupying territory in present-day Indonesia * Kediri (city), a modern-day city in East Java, Indonesia ** The Kediri meteorite of c. 1940, which fell in East Java, Indonesia ( ...

Pondok Pesantren Waria Al-Fatah Pondok Pesantren Waria Al-Fatah is a Madrasa in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for waria people. Shinta Ratri founded it with two other waria in 2008, after several waria lives were claimed by the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake. Ratri believed that the pesan ...

Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...

* Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor,

Ponorogo Ponorogo Regency ( id, Kabupaten Ponorogo; jv, ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦦꦤꦫꦒ, translit=Kabupatèn Pånårågå) is a regency (''kabupaten'') of East Java, Indonesia. It is considered the birthplace of Reog Ponorogo, a traditional Indone ...

Iran

Qom Seminary The Qom Seminary () is the largest Islamic seminary (''hawza'') in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom. It trains Usuli scholars. History Although big Shi'a academies existed in Qom dating back as early ...

Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

* Isfahan Seminary, Isfahan * Sadr Madrasa, Isfahan * Nimavar school, Isfahan *

Chaharbagh School Chahār Bāgh School or the Chahār Bāgh Madrasa (), also known as Madrasa Madar-i Shah, is a 17-18th century cultural complex in Isfahan, Iran. The compound was built during the time of Soltan Hossein, a Safavid king, to serve as a theologica ...

, Isfahan * Shahid Motahari University,

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

Iraq

Mustansiriya Madrasah Mustansiriya Madrasah () was a medieval-era scholarly complex that provided a universal system of higher education. It was established in 1227 CE and was named after and built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir in Baghdad, Iraq. The Madrasa tau ...

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesipho ...

* Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad, Baghdad * Hawza of Najaf,

Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...

Mali

* Djinguereber Madrasa,

Timbuktu Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label= Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrat ...

* Sidi Yahya Madrasa, Timbuktu * Sankore Madrasah, Timbuktu

Morocco

Al-Attarine Madrasa The Al-Attarine Madrasa or Medersa al-Attarine () is a madrasa in Fes, Morocco, near the Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque. It was built by the Marinid sultan Uthman II Abu Said (r. 1310-1331) in 1323-5. The madrasa takes its name from the Souk al-Attarine, ...

Fes Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...

Ben Youssef Madrasa The Ben Youssef Madrasa ( ar, مدرسة ابن يوسف; also transliterated as Bin Yusuf or Ibn Yusuf Madrasa) is an Islamic madrasa (college) in Marrakesh, Morocco. Functioning today as a historical site, the Ben Youssef Madrasa was the larges ...

, Marrakesh * Bou Inania Madrasa, Fes * Bou Inania Madrasa,

Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ...

* Al Quaraouiyine Madrasa, Fes

Pakistan

* Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies * Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi * Jamia Naeemia Lahore * Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad * Jamia-tul-Madina *

Ashraf ul Madaris Ashraf ul Madaris (full name ur, , translit=Jamia Hanfia Darul Uloom Ashraf ul Madaris, rtl=yes) is an Islamic institution for Islamic studies located in Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. It offers study from Matriculation level to master's degree ...

, Okara * Ahsan-Ul-Uloom,

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former ...

Darul Uloom Haqqania Darul Uloom Haqqania or Jamia Dar al-Ulum Haqqania ( ur, ) is an Islamic Seminary ( darul uloom or madrasa) in the town of Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan. The seminary propagates the Hanafi Deobandi schoo ...

Akora Khattak Akora Khattak ( ps, اکوړه خټک , Urdu: اکوڑہ خٹک ) or Sarai Akora is a town in Jehangira tehsil of Nowshera District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It sits beside the Kabul River, which merges with the Indus River a ...

Darul 'Uloom Karachi Darul Uloom Karachi ( ur, دارالعلوم کراچی) is a Madrasa in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Muhammad Shafi Deobandi in June 1951 at Nanak Wara and later on it transferred to Korangi, Karachi, on March 17, 1957. It continues t ...

, Karachi * Jamia Binoria, Karachi * Jamia Faridia, Islamabad * Jamia Hafsa, Islamabad *

Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( ur, , ''Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah'' / , ''Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system ...

, Karachi * Al-Kauthar Islamic University,

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capita ...

Palestine

* Mahkamah Madrasa, Gaza City

Saudi Arabia

Ghiyasia Madrasa The Bangaliyyah Madrasah ( ar, المدرسة البنجالية, al-Madrasah al-Banjāliyyah), refers to the madrasas constructed in Hejaz during the 14th-15th century by the Sultans of Bengal. Part of a history of interactions between the Bengal ...

Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...

Singapore

* Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah,

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah is a full-time, private Islamic institution of learning in Singapore, one of the six such madrasahs in Singapore. Madrasah Aljunied is one of the oldest surviving madrasahs in Singapore. Through its years, it has gai ...

, Singapore *

Madrasah Al-Maarif Al-Islamiah Madrasah Al-Ma'arif Al-Islamiah is an all-girls' Islamic school, commonly known as madrasah, in Singapore. Al-Ma'arif has students at primary, secondary and pre-university levels. It is one of six full-time Islamic madrasahs in Singapore. Unlike ...

, Singapore *

Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah is one of the six full-time Madrasahs in Singapore recognised by Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS). It is known for its academic emphasis on its language and religious subjects. The architectural design of the schoo ...

, Singapore * Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah, Singapore *

Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah 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 '' ...

, Singapore

Spain

Madrasah of Granada The Madrasa of Granada ( es, Madraza de Granada, also known as the Palacio de la Madraza or the Madrasa Yusufiyya, ) was a madrasa in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was founded in 1349 by the Nasrid monarch Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.

Granada Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...

Syria

* Al-Adiliyah Madrasa, Damascus * Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa, Aleppo *

Al-Fathiyah Madrasa Al-Fathiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Damascus, Syria. It was built in 1743 by an Ottoman official named Fethi Al-Defterdar.

, Damascus *

Al-Firdaws Madrasa Al-Firdaws Madrasa (), also known as School of Paradise, is a 13th-century complex located southwest of Bab al-Maqam in Aleppo, Syria and consists of a madrasa, mausoleum and other functional spaces. It was established in 1235/36 by Dayfa Khatun ...

, Aleppo *

Al-Halawiyah Madrasa Al-Halawiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex located in al-Jalloum district of the Ancient city of Aleppo, Syria. It is built in 1124 on the site of Aleppo's Great Byzantine Cathedral of Saint Helena of the 5th century, where, according to tr ...

, Aleppo *

Al-Kameliyah Madrasa Al-Kamiliyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Kamiliyya Madrasa
...

, Aleppo *

Al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa Al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Damascus, Syria. Built in 1141 by Burid governor Mujahid al-Din bin Bazan bin Yammin al-Kurdu.

, Damascus *

Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Muqaddamiyya Madrasa< ...

, Aleppo * Nur al-Din Madrasa, Damascus *

Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex located between Al-Buzuriyah Souq and the Azm Palace inside the walled old city of Damascus, Syria.Al-Rukniyah Madrasa Al-Rukniyah Madrasa () is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus, Syria.Rukniyya Madrasa ...

, Damascus * Al-Sahiba Madrasa, Damascus *

Al-Salimiyah Madrasa The Salimiyya Madrasa () is a 16th-century madrasa in Damascus, Syria. It is part of the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya ( ar, التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة, at-Takiyya as-Sulaymāniyya), known in ...

, Damascus * Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa, Aleppo *

Al-Shamiyah al-Kubra Madrasa Al-Shamiyah al-Kubra Madrasa or al-Mu'azzamiyya Madrasa () is a 12th-century madrasah complex located in Damascus, Syria. See also * Al-Adiliyah Madrasa * Al-Rukniyah Madrasa * Az-Zahiriyah Library The Zahiriyya Library ( ar, مكتبة ال� ...

, Damascus * Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa, Aleppo *

Al-Sibaiyah Madrasa Al-Sibaiyah Madrasa or Jami al-Jawami () is a 16th-century madrasah complex in Damascus, Syria.Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa, Aleppo *

Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria. It was built between 1241 and 1251 by the Aleppine historian Ibn al-Udaym. Located outside the city walls to the east of Bab al-Nairab gate, the madrasah was first known as al-Ka ...

, Aleppo *

Al-Uthmaniyah Madrasa Al-Uthmaniyya Madrasa () can refer to: * Al-Uthmaniyya Madrasa (Jerusalem) * Al-Uthmaniyya Madrasa (Aleppo) * Madrasa al-'Uthmaniyya (later the Madrasa al-Kamiliyya) in Hayy Buzuriyya, Damascus. {{schooldis ...

, Aleppo * Al-Zahiriyah Library, Damascus *

Al-Zahiriyah Madrasa Al-Zahiriyah Madrasa () is a 13th-century madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Zahiriyya Madras ...

, Aleppo

Tunisia

Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra (arabe : المدرسة الحبيبية الكبرى) is one of the madrasas of Tunis. Location It is located in 49, Abdel Wahab Street, near the Maâkal Az-Zaïm Square. History This school was built in 1926 b ...

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra ( ar, المدرسة الحبيبية الصغرى) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. It was built in 1927 by Muhammad VI al-Habib, from whom its name is derived. This madrasa is one of the newest school ...

, Tunis *

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 To ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra ( ar, المدرسة الحسينية الصغرى) or ''the Small Husainid Madrasa '' is a tunisian madrasah in the Medina of Tunis. Location The madrasa is located in 60 Tourbet El Bey Street, next to th ...

, Tunis * Madrasa Al Jassoussia, Tunis * Madrasa Khaldounia, Tunis *

Madrasa Asfouria Madrasa Asfouria ( ar, المدرسة العصفورية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis, which was constructed during the Hafsid era. Location The madrasa is located at an alley near Souk El Attarine, between Madrasa Al Khald ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa Andaloussiya Madrasa Andaloussiya ( ar, المدرسة الأندلسية) also known as the Madrasa El Younsiya, is a tunisian Madrasah in the Medina of Tunis. It also called Madrasa of Sidi El Ajmi because it is close to his zaouia. Location It is l ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa Caid Mourad Madrasa Caid Mourad ( ar, مدرسة القائد مراد) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis, which was constructed during the reign of the Muradid dynasty. Location It was also known as the Swari Madrasa, since it is situated at ...

, Tunis *

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. E ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa Bir Lahjar Madrasa Bir Lahjar ( ar, مدرسة بئر الأحجار) is one of the madrasahs of the Medina of Tunis. Location It is located in 40 El Pacha Street. History Abu l-Hasan Ali I the Husainid Bey built four madrasas during his reign incl ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa El Jedid Madrasa El Jedid ( ar, مدرسة الجديد) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Built in the Ottoman Tunisia, it is considered one of the historical monuments of the medina, thus becoming a heritage monument by the January 25th, ...

, Tunis * Madrasa Ech Chamaiya, Tunis * Madrasa El Achouria, Tunis *

Madrasa El Bachia Madrasa El Bachia ( ar, المدرسة الباشية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis, located in the Rue des Libraires, near the Al-Zaytuna Mosque and in front of the Guachachine Hammam. History Madrasa El Bachia was built in 1 ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa El Bechiria Madrasa El Bechiria ( ar, المدرسة البشيرية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis., which was constructed during the Husainid Dynasty and was attached to a Zawiya (institution), zawiya. Etymology The madrasa is named a ...

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Madrasa El Kacemia Madrasa El Kacemia ( ar, المدرسة القاسمية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis, which was constructed during the reign of the Husainid Dynasty. Etymology The madrasa's name is derived from its owner, the saint Al Haj Ka ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa El Maghribia Madrasa El Maghribia ( ar, المدرسة المغربية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Location It is located in 44 Tourbet El Bey Street, near four other madrasahs which are: Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra and Madra ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa El Mountaciriya Madrasa El Mountaciriya ( ar, المدرسة المنتصرية), also known as Madrasa Al Fath is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Location It is located in Les Nègres Street in Souk En Nhas. Etymology The madrasa got its name f ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa El Mettichia Madrasa El Mettichia ( ar, المدرسة المتيشية) is one of the madrasahs 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 Met ...

, Tunis *

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) ...

, Tunis *

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 siste ...

, Tunis *

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 St ...

, Tunis *

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 stand ...

, Tunis * Madrasa Ez-Zitouna, Tunis *

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. Locatio ...

, Tunis *

Madrasa Mouradiyya Madrasa Mouradiyya ( ar, المدرسة المرادية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Localization It is located in Souk El Kmach. History It was built between 1666 and 1675 during the reign of Murad II Bey of the Muradi ...

, Tunis * Madrasa Salhia, Tunis *

Madrasa 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 ...

, Tunis * Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ, Tunis *

Madrasa of Zawiya El Bokria Madrasa of Zawiya El Bokria ( ar, مدرسة الزاوية البكرية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. History It was built during the Hafsid dynasty. The name of this madrasa come from Abou Bakr, one of the descendants of ...

, Tunis

Turkey

Büyük Aga Medrese Büyük Ağa Medresesi or Kapı Ağa Medresesi is a historical 15th century medrese in Amasya, Turkey. The complex was built in 1488 on the order of the ''Kapı Ağası'' (chief of the eunuchs that worked in the harem) Hüseyin Ağa during the rei ...

Amasya Amasya () is a city in northern Turkey and is the capital of Amasya Province, in the Black Sea Region. It was called Amaseia or Amasia in antiquity."Amasya" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th e ...

* Caferağa Medresseh,

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

* Gök Medrese,

Tokat Tokat is the capital city of Tokat Province of Turkey in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia. It is located at the confluence of the Tokat River (Tokat Suyu) with the Yeşilırmak. In the 2018 census, the city of Tokat had a population of 155,0 ...

* Gök Medrese,

Sivas Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is ...

* Hatuniye Külliyesi, Tokat * Hatuniye Medresesi,

Karaman Karaman, historically known as Laranda (Greek: Λάρανδα), is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According ...

Ince Minaret Medrese İnce Minareli Medrese (; fa, مدرسه اینجه مناره‌لی) is a 13th-century madrasa (Islamic school) located in Konya, Turkey, now housing the Museum of Stone and Wood Art (Taş ve Ahşap Eserler Müzesi), noted for its ornate en ...

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

Karatay Madrasa Karatay Madrasa is a madrasa (a school with a frequently but not absolutely religious focus) built in Konya, Turkey, in 1251 by the Emir of the city Celaleddin Karatay, serving the Seljuk sultan. History Since 1955, the place serves as a museum wh ...

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Kasımiye Medrese The Kasımiye Medrese or Kasim Pasha Medrese is a former madrasa () in Mardin, Turkey. Geography The medrese is located southwest of the city centre of old Mardin. The altitude of the Kasımiye is about . History The medrese was begun sultan A ...

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location ...

* Kubat Pasha Madrasa, Tarsus *

Medrese of Mehmet Şakir Paşa Medrese of Mehmet Şakir Paşa, also known as Madrasa of Mustafapaşa is a 19th-century madrasa, an Islamic educational institute, in Nevşehir Province, central Turkey. It is also known as a caravanserai. The madrasa is in Mustafapaşa, forme ...

Mustafapaşa Svilengrad ( bg, Свиленград; el, Σβίλενγκραντ; ota, Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) is a town in Haskovo Province, south-central Bulgaria, situated at the border of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. It is the administrative centre of the h ...

Pervane Medrese Pervane Medrese ( tr, Pervane Medresesi) is a historic madrasa, an Islamic school, in Sinop, Turkey. It is situated in the center of the Sinop Peninsula. Another historical building, the Alaaddin Mosque is to the south of the madrasa, across t ...

Sinop Sinop can refer to: * Sinop, Turkey, a city on the Black Sea ** Sinop Nuclear Power Plant, was planned in 2013, but cancelled in 2018 ** Battle of Sinop, 1853 naval battle in the Sinop port *** Russian ship ''Sinop'', Russian ships named after the ...

Sahn-ı Seman Medrese The Sahn-ı Seman Medrese or Semâniyye (meaning 'eight courtyards') was a 15th-century Ottoman medrese (madrasa) complex in Istanbul, Turkey, which was part of the Fatih Mosque. It was one of the highest educational facilities for various scienc ...

, Istanbul * Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex, Seyitgazi * Şifaiye Medrese, Sivas *

Sırçalı Medrese Sırçalı Medrese (literally ''Glazed medrese'') is a 13th-century medrese (''Islamic school'') in Konya, Turkey.The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture: Delhi to Mosque, Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila Blair, Oxford University Press, 2 ...

, Konya * Yakutiye Medrese,

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses t ...

* Vacidiye Medrese,

Kütahya Kütahya () (historically, Cotyaeum or Kotyaion, Greek: Κοτύαιον) is a city in western Turkey which lies on the Porsuk river, at 969 metres above sea level. It is inhabited by some 578,640 people (2022 estimate). The region of Kütahya has ...

United Kingdom

Jamia Al-Karam Jamia Al-Karam, ( ar, جامعة الکرم) is an Islamic institution Islamic Studies College located in Eaton in 30-acre premises. The Darul Uloom is managed by Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada. History In 1995, Jamia Al-Karam moved to its c ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ce ...

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

Blackburn, Lancashire Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north- ...

* Darul Uloom, Bury *

Islamic Da'wah Academy Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main ...

, Leicester * Jamea Al Kauthar,

Lancaster Lancaster may refer to: Lands and titles *The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire *Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies *Duke of Lancaster *Earl of Lancaster *House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty ...

* Institute Of Islamic Education Dewsbury Darul Uloom

United States

Darul Uloom Al-Madania Darul Uloom Al-Madania is a private Islamic seminary in Buffalo, New York, that is devoted to producing Islamic scholars and Huffaz. History Darul Uloom Al-Madania was founded by Dr. Ismail Memon and his son Shaykh Ibrahim Memon Madani. The sea ...

, Buffalo * Zaytuna College,

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

* Darus Salam,

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...

* Darul Qasim,

* Tayseer Seminary,

Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state ...

Ukraine

Zincirli Madrasa Zincirli Madrasa ( uk, Зинджирли-медресе; ''Медресе Ланцюгів'', crh, Zıncırlı medrese) is a madrasa, built of stone by Meñli I Giray in 1500 near Bakhchisarai, Crimea. History Zincirli Madrasa was established ...

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...

Uzbekistan

Abulkasym Madrassah The Abulkasym Madrassah is an architectural monument located in Tashkent, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan. It consists of a madrasa , a mosque and a khanaqah. The building was the location of the signing of a peace treaty in 1865 following the Rus ...

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

Dorut Tilavat Dor-i-Tilavat (the place where the Qur'an is read and recited) - in the center of Shahrisabz, in the west of the Darussiodat complex, there is a complex consisting of ancient structures belonging to the Timurid dynasty - the tomb of Shamsuddin Ku ...

Bukhara Bukhara (Uzbek language, Uzbek: /, ; tg, Бухоро, ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 280,187 , and the capital of Bukhara Region. People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...

* Mir-i Arab Madrassah, Bukhara * Sher-Dor Madrasah,

Samarkand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top: Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zi ...

* Tilya-Kori Madrasah, Samarkand * Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand

Yemen

* Amiriya Madrasa,

Rada The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sena ...

* Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim

Republic of Ireland

Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland The Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland, which started its activities as Clonee Mosque, based in the village of Clonee, is the mainstream and leading Islamic Centre in Dublin 15, Ireland. It was established in January 2004 as Clonee Mosque, ...

List of oldest Islamic seminaries

References

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