Al-Qarawiyyin University

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Islamic educational institution historic university university

Al-Qarawiyyin University is a historic center of Islamic learning in Fez, Morocco, often regarded as one of the oldest continuously operating universities in the world.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
University of al-Qarawiyyin 3
University of Al Quaraouiyine 1
al-Qarawiyyin Library 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic educational institution ⓘ
historic university ⓘ
university ⓘ
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture ⓘ
Moroccan ⓘ
centuryOfFoundation 9th century ⓘ
city Fez ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Arabic grammar ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
theology ⓘ
foundedAs mosque ⓘ
foundedBy Fatima al-Fihri ⓘ
founderGender female ⓘ
governedBy Morocco ⓘ
surface form: Moroccan state
hasEducationalRole center of Islamic learning ⓘ
center of higher education ⓘ
hasFunction religious education ⓘ
secular education ⓘ
hasLibrary al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Library
hasPart al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
heritage Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
inception 859 ⓘ
libraryClaim one of the oldest libraries in the world ⓘ
locatedIn Fes el-Bali ⓘ
Fez ⓘ
Medina of Fez ⓘ
surface form: Fez Medina
notableAlumnus Ibn Bajjah ⓘ
Ibn Khaldun ⓘ
Ibn Arabi ⓘ
surface form: Ibn al-Arabi

Leo Africanus ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
oftenRegardedAs one of the oldest continuously operating universities in the world ⓘ
originalName al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
partOf Medina of Fez ⓘ
surface form: historic medina of Fez
primaryLanguageOfInstruction Arabic ⓘ
recognizedAs oldest existing, continually operating higher educational institution ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
regionServed Islamic world ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Maghreb
religiousAffiliation Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
status continuously operating ⓘ
typeOfInstitution public university ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

al-Qarawiyyin Mosque → associatedInstitution → Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of al-Qarawiyyin
Fes el-Bali → contains → Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of al-Qarawiyyin
Islamic world → hasHistoricInstitution → Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
Fez → hasImportantReligiousInstitution → Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Qarawiyyin University
Medina of Fez → hasLandmark → Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of al-Qarawiyyin
Fès-Meknès → hasReligiousSite → Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of Al Quaraouiyine
al-Qarawiyyin Mosque → libraryName → Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Qarawiyyin Library
Islamic Golden Age → notableInstitution → Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ