Mustansiriya Madrasah

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Mustansiriya Madrasah is a historic medieval Islamic college in Baghdad, renowned as one of the oldest universities in the world and a major center of learning during the Abbasid era.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical educational institution
madrasah
medieval Islamic college
university
affiliation Sunni Islam
architecturalStyle Abbasid architecture
Islamic architecture
completedIn 1233
country Iraq
era Abbasid era
foundedAs state-sponsored college
foundedBy Caliph al-Mustansir Billah
hasFunction center of higher learning
teaching institution
hasPart bathhouse
courtyard
hospital
kitchen
lecture halls
library
mosque
student cells
heritageDesignation important Islamic heritage site in Iraq
inception 1227
13th century
influenced later madrasah institutions in the Islamic world
locatedIn Abbasid Caliphate
Baghdad
Rusafa district of Baghdad
locatedOn eastern bank of the Tigris River
namedAfter Caliph al-Mustansir Billah
notableFor being one of the oldest universities in the world
comprehensive curriculum including religious and secular sciences
partOf historic center of Baghdad
patronage Abbasid caliphs
religion Islam
significantPeriod 13th century
late Abbasid period
status historic monument
taughtSubject Arabic grammar
Hadith
Islamic law
Quranic studies
astronomy
history
literature
mathematics
medicine
philosophy
usedFor training scholars and jurists

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Baghdad
hasLandmark
Al-Mustansiriya University
hasPredecessor

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