Madrasa Facts for Kids

Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand, Uzbekistan circa 1912

Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة, madrasa pl. مدارس, madāris) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion). It is variously transliterated as madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, madarsa, madrasseh, etc.

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The three madrasas at the Registan of Samarkand, at the center of the Timurid Renaissance
View of the Qarawiyyin Mosque (marked by the green roofs and the white minaret) on the skyline of historic Fes
The Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya in Baghdad, established in 1227, one of the only Abbasid-era madrasas remaining today
An illustration of an "Arab university in Cairo" from 1869's Die Gartenlaube Journal
The Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay in Cairo, built in the 15th century. The bottom floor contained a sabil and the top floor held a kuttab
Courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque and University in Cairo, Egypt
Bosnian Madrasa, c. 1906
Al-Azhar Mosque and University in Cairo
Ince Minaret Medrese (13th century) in Konya, now housing the Museum of Stone and Wood Art
Courtyard of the Ben Youssef Madrasa (16th century) in Marrakesh
Courtyard of the Ulugh Beg Madrasa (15th century) in Samarkand
The Salis Medrese, part of the Süleymaniye complex (16th century) in Istanbul
Şemsi Pasha Mosque and medrese (1580) in Üsküdar, Istanbul
Courtyard of the Bou Inania Madrasa in Fes
Alauddin Khalji's Madrasa, Qutb complex, built in the early-14th century in Delhi, India.
Madrasa in Bangladesh
Quvvathul Islam Senior Madrassa, Taliparamba, India
This is a madarasa of the Jamia Masjid mosque in Srirangapatna, India. This mosque dates back to the 1700s and is where Tipu Sultan used to pray.
Students of Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah in Singapore
A Muslim kindergarten in Yangzhou, China

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