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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 mai ...

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 so ...

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 n ...

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 The history of Iran is intertwined with the history of a larger region known as Greater Iran, comprising the area from Anatolia in the west to the borders of Ancient India and the Syr Darya in the east, and from the Caucasus and the Eurasian Step ...

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

South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; ...

Qawmi Qawmi Madrasah ( bn, কওমী মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة القومية, al-Madrasah al-Qawmiyyah) is an adjective describing one of the two major madrasah educational categories in Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasahs are not ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

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 Kyai ...

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

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

and

Southern Thailand Southern Thailand, Southern Siam or Tambralinga is a southernmost cultural region of Thailand, separated from Central Thailand region by the Kra Isthmus. Geography Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bounded ...

. 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 Jamia Ahmadiyya Sunnia Kamil Madrasah ( ar, الجامعة الأحمدية السنية الكاملية; bn, জামেয়া আহমদিয়া সুন্নিয়া কামিল মাদরাসা)), popularly known as ...

, Chittagong *Quaderia Taiyebia Alia Kamil Madrasah, Dhaka * Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Obaidia Nanupur, Chittagong *

Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya Al-Jāmiʿah Al-Islāmiyyah Patiya ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية فتية, bn, আল জামিয়া আল ইসলামিয়া পটিয়া), better known simply as Patiya Madrasa ( bn, পটিয়া মা� ...

, 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 Al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah ʿAzīz al-ʿUlūm Bābūnagar ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية عزيز العلوم بابونغر), better known simply as Babunagar Madrasah ( bn, বাবুনগর মাদ্রাসা), is one of the ...

, Chittagong *

Al-Markazul Islami As-Salafi Al-Markazul Islami As-Salafi (Arabic: المركز الإسلامي السلفي; bn, আল-মারকাযুল ইসলামী আস-সালাফী) is an Islamic educational institution of Bangladesh that is based upon Manhaj Sa ...

, Nawdapara *

Islamic Research Center Bangladesh Islamic Research Center Bangladesh, popularly known as ''Bashundhara Islamic Research Center'', is a higher Islamic research institution situated at Bashundhara, Dhaka. Faqihul Millat Mufti Abdur Rahman was the principal founder of the institutio ...

, Bashundhara *

Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia Al-Jāmiʿah Dār al-Maʿārif al-Islāmiyyah ( bn, জামেয়া দারুল মা’আরিফ আল্ ইসলামিয়া, ar, الجامعة دار المعارف الإسلامية), popularly known as ''Darul Marif' ...

, Chittagong *Jamia Madania

Angura Muhammadpur Angura Muhammadpur ( bn, আঙ্গুরা মোহাম্মদপুর) is a village in Beanibazar Upazila of Sylhet District, Bangladesh. The village is in the 3rd Ward of Kurarbazar Union council. This village is also known by its nic ...

, Sylhet *

Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh Al-Jāmiʿah al-Qurʼāniyyah al-ʿArabiyyah Lālbāgh ( ar, الجامعة القرآنية العربية لالباغ), better known simply as Lalbagh Madrasah ( bn, লালবাগ মাদ্রাসা), is a Qawmi madrasa providing hi ...

, Dhaka *Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka, Dhaka *

Jamia Shari'ah Malibag, Dhaka Jamia Shariyah Malibagh ( bn, জামিয়া শারইয়্যাহ মালিবাগ Arabic: الجامعة الشرعية ماليباغ), also known as ''Jamia Shariyah Madrasa'', is one of the established Qawmi jamiahs in D ...

, 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 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 '' ...

, Sylhet *

Jamiah Islamiah Yunusia Brahmanbaria Al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah al-Yūnusiyyah ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية اليونسية), also known as ''Jamia Islamia Yunusia'' ( bn, জামেয়া ইসলামিয়া ইউনুছিয়া), is one of the Qawmi ...

, 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 Qa ...

, Chittagong *

Satpur Kamil Madrasah Satpur Kamil Madrasah ( bn, সৎপুর কামিল মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة الكاملية ستفور) is an educational institution situated in Lamakazi at Bishwanath upazila, Sylhet. The madrasah is run under " ...

, Bishwanath, Sylhet.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Ghazi Khusraw-bey's Madrasah, Sarajevo

Cyprus

* Great Madrasah,

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

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 metro ...

Emir Qurqumas Complex The Emir Qurqumas Complex is located in Medieval Cairo, Egypt, in the City of the dead. Overview About 200 meters south of Qansuh's tomb stands a complex which is two mausoleums joined together. That on the north is sultan Inal's. Built in 14 ...

, 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 The Qalawun complex ( ar, مجمع قلاون) is a massive pious complex in Cairo, Egypt, built by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun from 1284 to 1285. It is located at Bayn al-Qasrayn on al-Mu'izz street and like many other pious complexes includes a hosp ...

, Cairo *

Salihiyya Madrasa The Salihiyya Madrasa (or Madrasa as-Salihiyya), also called the Madrasa and Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub () is a historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in Cairo, Egypt. The complex was founded by the Ayyub sultan As-Salih Ayyub in ...

, Cairo *

Madrasa of Sarghatmish The cruciform Madrasah of the Amir Sarghatmish, built in 1356, lies to the northeast of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, in Islamic Cairo. The building's school, mosque, and mausoleum can be seen from Ibn Tulun's spiral minaret, while its entrance is on S ...

, Cairo *

Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu The Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu is an Islamic complex in Cairo built by the Grand Emir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu al-Nasiri. The mosque was built in 1349, while the khanqah was built in 1355. Shaykhu was the Grand Emir under the rule of Sultan an-Na ...

, Cairo *

Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex The Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex or Funerary complex of Sultan al-Ghuri, also known as al-Ghuriya, is a monumental Islamic religious and funerary complex built by Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri between 1503 and 1505 CE. The complex consists of two major bui ...

, 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 Al Jamiatul Ashrafia ( ur, , hi, अल जामियत-उल-अशरफ़िया) is a Barelvi Sunni school in India. It is located in Mubarakpur in a northern state of India, Uttar Pradesh. History It started off as a madrasa cal ...

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, Surat *

Al-Jame-atul-Islamia Al-Jame-atul Islamia is an Islamic seminary of Sunni- Barelvi Muslims in India. It is located in Raunahi, District. Faizabad, near Lucknow, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in India. History Al-Jame-atul-Islamia was founded in 1964 ...

, Raunahi * Arusiyyah Madrasah, Tamil Nadu * Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College, Tamil Nadu *

Coordination of Islamic Colleges Coordination of Islamic Colleges (CIC), based in Kerala, India, is an Islamic university serving as an academic administrative body. Colleges affiliated with the C. I. C. offer "Wafy" courses for men and "Wafiyya" for women, which combine both I ...

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 Qasim ...

, Deoband * Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband *

Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (translated as, House of Knowledge and Assembly of Scholars University) is an Islamic seminary in Lucknow, India. It was established by the Nadwatul Ulama, a council of Muslim scholars, on 26 September 1898. This edu ...

, Lucknow *

Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh Jamia Al-Barkaat is an Indian Islamic seminary of Barelvi movement of Sunni Muslims in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh. It was established under the Al-Barkaat Educational Society run by Khanquah-e-Barkaatiya by Syed Ameen Mian Quadri in ...

, Aligarh *

Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Jamia Amjadia Rizvia is an Islamic seminary (Madrasa) of the Sunni denomination situated in Ghosi city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It was established by Mufti Ziaul Mustafa Azmi a north Indian Muhaddith and son of a 19th century Faqih ...

, Ghosi *

Jamiatur Raza Jamiatur Raza is an Islamic seminary situated in Bareilly, India. It was established by Akhtar Raza Khan in 2000. The founders have evolved a plan to develop it into an Islamic university.

, 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 Jamia Nizamia more properly, Jami'ah Nizamiyyah, is one of the oldest Islamic seminaries of higher learning for Muslims located in Hyderabad, India. It is named after its founder- the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad. History It was founded by Shaykh ...

, Hyderabad * Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya, Kerala *

Manzar-e-Islam Madrasa Manzar-e-Islam ( ur, مدرسہ منظر اسلام), also known as Jamia Razvia Manzar-e-Islam, is an Islamic seminary in India. It was founded in 1904 in Bareilly, India by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. It celebrated its hundredth annivers ...

, 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 influen ...

, Saharanpur

Indonesia

* Pondok Pesantren Gading Mangu Perak Jombang, Jombang * Pondok Pesantren Al Manshurin Metro Lampung,

Bandar Lampung Bandar Lampung (Lampung language, Lampung: , ''Kutak Bandarlampung'', formerly Dutch language, Dutch: ''Oosthaven'', lit. "Eastern Harbor") is the capital city, capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of Lampun ...

* Pondok Pesantren Millenium Alfina,

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 sq. ...

East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, 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 bord ...

* Pondok Pesantren Minhaajurrosyidiin Jakarta,

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

Pondok Pesantren Walibarokah Burengan Banjaran Kediri Pondok Pesantren Walibarokah Burengan Banjaran Kediri (Walibarokah Islamic Boarding School) is a ''pesantren'' (Islamic boarding school) located in Kediri, East Java. Run by the Wali Barokah Foundation, the school was founded in 1950 by Nurhasan ...

, Kediri * Pondok Pesantren Waria Al-Fatah,

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 Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor Ponorogo, also known as Pondok Modern Gontor, or abbreviated as PMDG, or simply Pesantren Gontor, is a pesantren (boarding school style Islamic seminary) in Ponorogo Regency, East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Tim ...

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 *

Isfahan Seminary The Isfahan Seminary is one of the oldest Seminary, seminaries in Isfahan, Iran. Currently, more than 40 schools in Isfahan province are under the supervision of the ''Management Center of Isfahan Seminary'' and the leadership of the supreme autho ...

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

Sadr Madrasa Sadr Madrasa ( fa, مدرسه صدر) is one of the largest madrasas in Isfahan, Iran. It was built by Mohammad Hosseyn Khan Sadr Esfahani, the famous governor of Isfahan in the era of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. Although the structure and decorations of ...

Nimavar school Nimavar school ( fa, مسجد نیماور) is a historical school in Isfahan, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to ...

* Chaharbagh School,

Shahid Motahari University Shahid Motahari University (Persian: دانشگاه شهید مطهری) was built in 1879 by Mirza Hosein Sepahsalar (Persian: میرزا حسین سهپسالار). The university is located in Baharestan square in Tehran, Iran. After the revo ...

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the 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 the most popul ...

Iraq

* Mustansiriya Madrasah,

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 Ctesiphon ...

Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad ( ar, المدرسة النظامية), one of the first nezamiyehs, was established in 1065. In July 1091, Nizam al-Mulk appointed the 33-year-old Al-Ghazali as a professor of the school. Offering free education, it has be ...

, 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 administrativ ...

* Sidi Yahya Madrasa, Timbuktu *

Sankore Madrasah Sankoré Madrasa (also called the University of Sankoré, or Sankore Masjid) is one of three ancient centers of learning located in Timbuktu, Mali. It is believed to be established by Mansa Musa, who was the ruler of the Mali Empire, though the S ...

, 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-Atta ...

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, Marrakesh *

Bou Inania Madrasa The Madrasa Bou Inania (; ) is a madrasa in Fes, Morocco, built in 1350–55 CE by Abu Inan Faris. It is the only madrasa in Morocco which also functioned as a congregational mosque. It is widely acknowledged as a high point of Marinid archi ...

, Fes *

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 The Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies ( ur, ) (or Islamic Center) is a university of Islamic & Modern Sciences located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The institution is run by the World Federation of Islamic Missions. History The Aleemiy ...

Karachi *

Jamia Naeemia Lahore Jamia Naeemia Lahore is an Islamic University in Lahore associated with the Sunni Barelvi movement. Founded by Mufti Muhammad Husain Naeemi, father of Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi. It serves as the largest Sunni institution for the Barelvi movement in P ...

Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Darul Uloom Jamia Nizamia Ghousia (Urdu: دارالعلوم جامعہ نظامیہ غوثیہ) is an Islamic seminary for Sunni Muslims. It was established by Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi, where he served as the Mohatmim and Grand Mufti. ...

Wazirabad *

Jamia-tul-Madina Jamia-tul-Madina (Urdu: ) is a chain of Islamic universities in India, Pakistan and in European and other countries established by Dawat-e-Islami. The Jamia-tul-Madina is also known as Faizan-e-Madina. Dawat-e-Islami has grown its network of M ...

* Ashraf ul Madaris, 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 cap ...

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 ...

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 Jamia Binoria Aalamia is an Islamic educational institute in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is regarded as one of the most modern madrassa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational ins ...

, Karachi *

Jamia Faridia The Al Faridia University ( ur, , Jamiya Faridia) is an Deobandi Islamic university situated near the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. The university was established in 1971 by Maulana Abdullah Ghazi, who remained the Chancellor until ...

, Islamabad *

Jamia Hafsa Jamia Hafsa (جامعة حفصة) is a madrassa adjacent to the Lal Masjid Mosque Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The mosque and its seminaries are overseen by cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi. The seminary, and the adjoining Lal Mosque, was ow ...

, 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 i ...

, Karachi *

Al-Kauthar Islamic University Al-Kauthar Islamic University (Urdu: جامعۃ الکوثر) is a Shia public, research university in Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. It is located in Sector H-8/2 and initially founded as the "Islamic University" in 2002. The universi ...

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 Capital T ...

Palestine

* Mahkamah Madrasa,

Gaza City Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, i ...

Saudi Arabia

* Ghiyasia Madrasa,

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 sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red ...

* Ghiyasia Madrasa,

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 Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

Singapore

Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah is a full-time co-educational madrasah offering primary education in Singapore.Nostalgia Irsyad 1947–2007. -bookSingapore : Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah, 2007. Madrasah is an Arabic word that means "schoo ...

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

Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah is a full-time co-educational madrasah offering secondary school education in :Singapore. Madrasah is an Arabic word that means "school" but in the present context a madrasah means an Islamic religious school. ...

, Singapore * Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah, 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 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

Syria

Al-Adiliyah Madrasa Al-Adiliyah Madrasa () is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus. ...

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

* Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa,

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

* Al-Fathiyah Madrasa, 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, Aleppo * Al-Kameliyah Madrasa, Aleppo * Al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa, Damascus * Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa, Aleppo *

Nur al-Din Madrasa The Nur al-Din Madrasa ( ar, الْمَدْرَسَةُ النُّورِيَّة, al-Madrasah an-Nūrīyah) is a funerary madrasa in Damascus, Syria. It is in the Suq al-Khayattin, inside the city walls. It was built in 1167 by Nūr ad-Dīn Zang� ...

, Damascus * Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa, Damascus * Al-Rukniyah Madrasa, Damascus *

Al-Sahiba Madrasa Al-Sahiba Madrasa () is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus, Syria.Sahiba Madrasa< ...

, Damascus * Al-Salimiyah Madrasa, Damascus *

Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa () is a 12th-century madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Shadbakhtiyya Madrasa
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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 * Nur al-Din Madrasa The Nur al-Din Madras ...

, Damascus *

Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Sharafiyya Madrasa

, Aleppo * Al-Sibaiyah Madrasa, Damascus *
Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa (), is a madrasah complex located across from the Citadel entrance in the Ancient city of Aleppo, Syria. It is a religious, educational and funerary complex. It contains the tomb of sultan Malik al-Zaher the son of Ayyubid ...
, Aleppo * Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa, Aleppo * Al-Uthmaniyah Madrasa, Aleppo *
Al-Zahiriyah Library The Zahiriyya Library ( ar, مكتبة الظاهرية, Maktaba al-Ẓāhirīyya), also known as the Madrasa al-Zahiriyya ( ar, مَدْرَسَة الظَّاهِرِيَّة, Madrasah aẓ-Ẓāhirīyah), is an Islamic library, madrasa, and m ...
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Al-Zahiriyah Madrasa Al-Zahiriyah Madrasa () is a 13th-century madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Zahiriyya Mad ...
, Aleppo

Tunisia
* Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra,
Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...
* Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra, Tunis * Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra, Tunis * Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra, Tunis *
Madrasa Al Jassoussia Madrasa Al Jassoussia ( ar, المدرسة الجاسوسية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Etymology The madrasa's name comes from the saint Abi Abdallah Al Jassous ( ar, أبي عبدالله الجاسوس). Location It ...
, Tunis * Madrasa Khaldounia, Tunis * Madrasa Asfouria, Tunis * Madrasa Andaloussiya, Tunis * Madrasa Caid Mourad, Tunis * Madrasa Ibn Tafargine, Tunis * Madrasa Bir Lahjar, Tunis * Madrasa El Jedid, Tunis * Madrasa Ech Chamaiya, Tunis *
Madrasa El Achouria Madrasa El Achouria is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. It was built in the Ottoman Tunisia. This madrasa became a heritage monument on October 19, 1992. Location Located at 62 Haouanet Achour Street, from which come its name, this ...
, Tunis * Madrasa El Bachia, Tunis * Madrasa El Bechiria, Tunis * Madrasa El Kacemia, Tunis * Madrasa El Maghribia, Tunis * Madrasa El Mountaciriya, Tunis * Madrasa El Mettichia, Tunis * Madrasa El Tawfikia, Tunis * Madrasa El Unqiya, Tunis * Madrasa El Yusefiya, Tunis * Madrasa Ennakhla, Tunis * Madrasa Ez-Zitouna, Tunis * Madrasa Hamzia, Tunis * Madrasa Hamzia, Tunis * Madrasa Mouradiyya, Tunis *
Madrasa Salhia Madrasa Salhia ( ar, المدرسة الصالحية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Localization It is located in 31 Sidi Ben Arous Street between Al-Zaytuna Mosque and the Kasbah. History Between 1928 and 1938, many madra ...
, Tunis * Madrasa Slimania, Tunis *
Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ ( ar, مدرسة صاحب الطابع) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Localization It is located in Sidi El Aloui Street, near Saheb Ettabaâ Mosque in El Halfaouine square. History The madrasa was ...
, Tunis * Madrasa of Zawiya El Bokria, Tunis

Turkey
* Büyük Aga Medrese,
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 155,00 ...
* 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 a ...
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Hatuniye Külliyesi Hatuniye is a historical ''külliye'', an Islamic religious complex, located in the city center of Tokat, Turkey. Its 1485 construction was ordered by Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II in honour of his mother, Gülbahar Hatun. Its facilities include a m ...
, Tokat *
Hatuniye Medresesi Hatuniye Medresseh ( tr, Hatuniye Medresesi), is a historical medrese in Karaman, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on t ...
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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 t ...
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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 entra ...
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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, Konya *
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 *
Kubat Pasha Madrasa Kubat Pasha Madrasa ( tr, Kubat Paşa Medresesi) is a historic madrasa building in Tarsus district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. Location The madrasa is located in the old city center south of the main street, where some other historical ...
, Tarsus * Medrese of Mehmet Şakir Paşa, Mustafapaşa * Pervane Medrese,
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, Istanbul *
Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex ( tr, Seyyid Battal Gazi Külliyesi) is a külliye, historic religious social complex, in Seyitgazi district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. A mosque and a shrine in honor of Seyyid Battal Gazi, a legendary Muslim folk ...
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Seyitgazi Seyitgazi is a town and district of Eskişehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. The central town of Seyitgazi lies at a distance of towards the south from the province capital of Eskişehir. According to 2010 census, population o ...
* Şifaiye Medrese, Sivas * Sırçalı Medrese, Konya *
Yakutiye Medrese Yakutiye Medrese is a historical 14th century Madrasa in Erzurum, Turkey. The madrasa was built in 1310 by order of a local governor of the Ilkhanids, Hoca Yakut, and it is named after him. Building It is a rectangular building with an inner cour ...
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Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a 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 the double-headed eagle as ...
* Vacidiye Medrese,
Kütahya Kütahya () (historically, Cotyaeum or Kotyaion, Ancient Greek, Greek: Κοτύαιον) is a city in western Turkey which lies on the Porsuk River, Porsuk river, at 969 metres above sea level. It is inhabited by some 578,640 people (2022 estimate) ...

United Kingdom
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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 ...
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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 � ...
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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 West ...
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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 � ...
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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 people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...
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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 � ...
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London London is the capital and 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 down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
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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 � ...
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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,
Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...
* Jamea Al Kauthar, Lancaster * Institute Of Islamic Education Dewsbury Darul Uloom

United States
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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 sear ...
, Buffalo *
Zaytuna College Zaytuna College (formerly the Zaytuna Institute) is a private liberal arts college in Berkeley, California. It is the first accredited Muslim undergraduate college in the United States and was founded in 2008 by Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir and ...
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California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
* Darus Salam,
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
* Darul Qasim,
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
* 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's ...

Ukraine
* Zincirli Madrasa,
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 pop ...

Uzbekistan
* Abulkasym Madrassah,
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,
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-Zinda, ...
* Tilya-Kori Madrasah, Samarkand * Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand

Yemen
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Amiriya Madrasa Al-Amiriya () is a 16th-century madrasa (educational institution) located in Rada, Yemen. It is under consideration for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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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 Senat ...
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Dar al-Mustafa Dar al-Mustafa is a Yemeni Islamic university based in Tarim, Hadhramaut. History In 1993, the Islamic seminary was founded by Habib Umar bin Hafiz. The Dar al-Mustafa campus was officially opened in May 1997 and incorporated as a center for tra ...
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Republic of Ireland
* Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland

List of oldest Islamic seminaries

See also
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List of Islamic educational institutions The following is a list of institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter. One of the new institute is Islamic Educational Hub. Historical institutions in continuous operations Institutions founded before the colonial era an ...
* List of Deobandi madrasas

References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Islamic seminaries * * Lists of Islamic universities and colleges