al-Qarawiyyin Mosque

E90697
Islamic religious building educational institution historic monument mosque university mosque

Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque is a historic Islamic place of worship in Fez, Morocco, renowned as one of the world’s oldest continually operating religious and educational centers.

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Label Occurrences
Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque 6
al-Qarawiyyin Mosque canonical 4
Al-Qarawiyyin Library 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious building ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
university mosque ⓘ
architecturalStyle Moorish architecture ⓘ
Moroccan-Andalusian architecture ⓘ
associatedDynasty Idrisid dynasty ⓘ
associatedInstitution Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
surface form: University of al-Qarawiyyin
city Fez ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
courtyardType sahn ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
foundationCentury 9th century ⓘ
foundationYear 859 ⓘ
foundedAs mosque ⓘ
foundedBy Fatima al-Fihri ⓘ
founderGender female ⓘ
genderAccess men and women (with traditional spatial separation) ⓘ
hasCourtyard yes ⓘ
hasLibrary yes ⓘ
hasMinaret yes ⓘ
historicalRole center of Arabic grammar and linguistics ⓘ
center of Maliki jurisprudence ⓘ
center of Quranic studies ⓘ
center of astronomy and mathematics ⓘ
center of logic and philosophy ⓘ
major intellectual center of the Islamic world ⓘ
laterDevelopedAs university ⓘ
laterPatronDynasty Alaouite dynasty ⓘ
Almohad dynasty ⓘ
Almoravid dynasty ⓘ
Marinid dynasty ⓘ
libraryName Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ
surface form: al-Qarawiyyin Library
libraryStatus one of the oldest libraries in continuous operation ⓘ
locatedIn Fes el-Bali ⓘ
Medina of Fez ⓘ
surface form: medina of Fez
madhhab Maliki ⓘ
mainPrayerHallType hypostyle ⓘ
minaretShape square ⓘ
notablePeriodOfFlourishing medieval period ⓘ
openTo Muslim worshippers ⓘ
primaryFunction place of worship ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the oldest continually operating educational institutions in the world ⓘ
one of the oldest continually operating universities in the world ⓘ
one of the oldest mosques in continuous use ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Maghreb
religion Islam ⓘ
secondaryFunction center of learning ⓘ
theological college ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Medina of Fez World Heritage Site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCountry Morocco ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Medina of Fez ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Fez → hasImportantReligiousInstitution → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
Medina of Fez → hasLandmark → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
Al-Qarawiyyin University → originalName → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
Al-Qarawiyyin University → hasPart → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
Al-Qarawiyyin University → hasLibrary → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Library
Fes el-Bali → contains → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
Al-Attarine Madrasa → locatedNear → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
Zaouia of Moulay Idriss II → near → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kairaouine Mosque
Koutoubia Mosque → alsoKnownAs → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jami’ al-Kutubiyin
Saffarin Madrasa → locatedIn → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of al-Qarawiyyin complex
Maghrebi architecture → notableExample → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
Moorish architecture → hasNotableExample → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
Fatima al-Fihri → founded → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
Attarine Madrasa (Fes) → locatedNear → al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ