University of al-Karaouine
The University of al-Karaouine (or al-Qarawiyyin, Arabic: جامعة القرويين) is a university in Fes, Morocco. It was originally founded as a mosque. The mosque was founded by Fatima al-Fihri in 859. It had a school, or madrasa, that taught students about Islam. This school later became one of the most important centres of learning in the Muslim world. It was made a part of Morocco's modern university system in 1963. It is the longest continually operating school in the world. It is sometimes also called the oldest university[1]
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View of the Qarawiyyin Mosque on the skyline of central Fes el-Bali: the green-tiled roofs of the prayer hall and the minaret (white tower on the left) are visible.
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Reconstruction of the 14th-century water clock from the dar al-muwaqqit of the Qarawiyyin Mosque (on display at the Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam)
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The Al-Attarine Madrasa (founded in 1323), just north of the Qarawiyyin Mosque
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A document from the Qarawiyyin's library which is claimed by some scholars to be the world's oldest surviving medical degree, issued in 1207 CE
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View of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in 1916
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The main entrance to the library and other southern annexes of the mosque today, off Place Seffarine
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Scholar at the Al-Qarawiyyin library, c. 1953
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Floor plan of the mosque and some of its annexes. (Based on an early 20th-century survey; since then the southern part of the complex, the library, has been modified.)
Al-Karaouine University (Al-Qarawiyyin) in the city of Fes, Morocco (Image 6 of 9)
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The 12th-century muqarnas vault in the central nave of the mosque, made from plaster
References
- ↑ Verger, Jacques: "Patterns", in: Ridder-Symoens, Hilde de (ed.): A History of the University in Europe. Vol. I: Universities in the Middle Ages, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-521-54113-8, pp. 35–76 (35)
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