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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.

Images for kids

  • Kasımiye medrese, Mardin, Turkey

    Portal of Kasımiye Medrese, Mardin, Turkey

  • Alauddin's Madrasa, Qutb complex

    Alauddin Khilji's Madrasa, Qutb complex, built in the early-14th century in Delhi, India.

  • Медресе Шир-Дор на площади Регистан в Самарканде

    Registan, Sher-Dor Madrasa in Samarkand

  • Ivan Bilibin 182

    Courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque and University in Cairo, Egypt

  • Bruner-Dvorak, Rudolf - Bosna, medresa 2 (ca 1906)

    Bosnian Madrasa, c. 1906

  • Forty hadith nawawi taught by Sheikh Usama al Azhari in Sultan Hassan Mosque

    Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan in Cairo, Egypt

  • Yakutiye Madrasah in 1840

    Yakutiye Medrese in Erzurum, 1840

  • Quvvathul Islam Madrassa. , Taliparamba, Kerala, India. (4488376429)

    Quvvathul Islam Senior Madrassa, Taliparamba, India.

  • Mosque And Education Center Run By Dawat-e-Islami

    Madrasa e Faizan e Madina in Karachi, Pakistan.

  • Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah Students In A Lecture

    Students of Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah in Singapore

  • Jerusalem MadrasaAlAshrafiya 8746a

    Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya in Jerusalem, Israel

  • Yangzhou - Muslim kindergarten - P1130207

    A Muslim kindergarten in Yangzhou, China

  • DarulUloom

    Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam, situated at Hathazari, Chittagong, Bangladesh

  • Al-Jamiatul Arabia Lil Baneena Wal Banaat

    Al-jamiatul Arabia Lil Baneena Wal Banaat Haildhar Anwara, Chittagong, Bangladesh

  • Madrasah1

    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.


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