Madrasas of Tunis

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Postcard of Madrasa Slimania (18th century)
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Cour médersa Mouradia
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Patio de la médresa Bir Lahjar
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Entrée de la médresa Bir lahjar
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Facade of Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ
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Door of Madrasa Salhia

Madrasas of Tunis were built under the reign of the Hafsid dynasty in the medina of Tunis. They were founded to teach Almohad doctrine, but beginning on the 14th century, taught mostly Malakite doctrine. [1]

In the 1850s and 1860s, teaching, living, and learning in the madrases was difficult, described as "poorly lighted little rooms and crowded conditions, must have been picturesque." [2]

The original plan in the late 19th century was that those schools would contribute to educate the state civil servants. In the 20th and 21st centuries, their role is limited to hosting students of the University of Ez-Zitouna, or other institutions.[ citation needed ]

Only in the 1980s were the history and architecture of the madrasas the subjects of independent scholarship. [3]

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It accommodated 71 students. After Tunisian independence, a part of the madrasa became the office of a Neo Destour club.

References

  1. ↑ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge University Press. p. 134. ISBN   9780521337670 . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Islam, Politics, and Social Movements. University of California Press. 1988. p. 87. ISBN   9780520068681 . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ↑ The Maghrib in Question: Essays in History and Historiography. University of Texas Press. 1997. pp. 56–57. ISBN   9780292765764 . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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