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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 ...
of
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 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
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 in
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 ...
in
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. 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

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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 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 ...
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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, 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 ...
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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 nick ...
, Sylhet * Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh, 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 ...
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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 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 ...
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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

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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 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 ...
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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 al-Muizz street in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in the name of the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, but its construction began between 1 ...
, Cairo * Qalawun complex, 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, Cairo * Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu, 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, 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 ...
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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, 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 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 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 the ...
, Aligarh * Jamia Amjadia Rizvia, Ghosi * Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly * Jamia Islamia Talimuddin *
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 Jamia Markaz (also called Markaz or Sunni Markaz) is an Islamic University running under the Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya at Kozhikode in Kerala, India. The Markaz is located east of Kozhikode city. The foundation stone was laid by the Saudi ...
, 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 influen ...
, Saharanpur


Indonesia

* Pondok Pesantren Gading Mangu Perak Jombang, Jombang * Pondok Pesantren Al Manshurin Metro Lampung,
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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ( ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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, Indonesia. Since its foundin ...
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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

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 revol ...
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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

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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 ...
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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, Baghdad * Hawza of Najaf, Najaf


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,
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 ...
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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 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 Pak ...
* Jamia Nizamia Ghousia 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 Ma ...
* 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,
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 ...
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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 owne ...
, 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 ...
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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

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...


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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 '' ...
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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 ...


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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. ...
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Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in old Aleppo, Syria.Ahmadiyya Madrasa< ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Al-Kameliyah Madrasa Al-Kamiliyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Kamiliyya Madrasa
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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.
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Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Muqaddamiyya Madrasa< ...
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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 ...
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Al-Sahiba Madrasa Al-Sahiba Madrasa () is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus, Syria.Sahiba Madrasa
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa () is a madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria.Sharafiyya Madrasa
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Tunisia

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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 ...
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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 ...
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Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra ( ar, المدرسة الحسينية الكبرى) also known as the Tourbet El Bey Madrasa, is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Location The madrasa is located in Tourbet El Bey Street, next to To ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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Madrasa Ech Chamaiya The Shamma'iya Madrasa ( ar, مدرسة الشماعية, translit=Madrasa ash-Shamma'iya) is a historic madrasa of the Medina of Tunis. Location It is located in Al Madrasa Ech Chamaiya alley near souk Echammaine, which later became Souk El Bl ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Turkey

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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 ...
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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, ...
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Gök Medrese Gök Medrese may refer to: *Gök Medrese (Sivas) Gökmedrese or Gök Medrese (literally: "Celestial Madrasah" or "Blue Madrasah"; fa, گوک مدرسه), also known as Sahibiye Medresesi, is a 13th-century madrasah, medrese, an Islamic education ...
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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 ...
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Gök Medrese Gök Medrese may refer to: *Gök Medrese (Sivas) Gökmedrese or Gök Medrese (literally: "Celestial Madrasah" or "Blue Madrasah"; fa, گوک مدرسه), also known as Sahibiye Medresesi, is a 13th-century madrasah, medrese, an Islamic education ...
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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 ...
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Hatuniye Medresesi Hatuniye Medresseh ( tr, Hatuniye Medresesi), is a historical medrese in Karaman, Turkey, built in the 14th century. The like-named Hatuniye Külliyesi in Tokat is a century younger, and refers to another woman. History Ottoman Sultan Murat Hü ...
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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 to ...
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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 ...
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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 on ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 h ...
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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 ...
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Şifaiye Medrese Şifaiye Medresesi is a medrese built in 1217 in Sivas, Turkey. It bears typical Seljuk features and was built by the Rûm Seljuk Sultan Kaykaus I Kaykaus I or Izz ad-Din Kaykaus ibn Kayhkusraw ( 1ca, كَیکاوس, fa, عز الدين ك ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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Jamea Al Kauthar Jamea Al Kauthar is an independent academic girls’ establishment located in the former Royal Albert Asylum in Lancaster, Lancashire, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales ...
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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 ...
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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 Hat ...
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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


Ukraine

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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 ...
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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

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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

* 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 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 trad ...
, Tarim


Republic of Ireland

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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


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