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.

Images for kids

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  Portal of Kasımiye Medrese, Mardin, Turkey

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

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  Registan, Sher-Dor Madrasa in Samarkand

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

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  Bosnian Madrasa, c. 1906

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  Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan in Cairo, Egypt

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  Yakutiye Medrese in Erzurum, 1840

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  Quvvathul Islam Senior Madrassa, Taliparamba, India.

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  Madrasa e Faizan e Madina in Karachi, Pakistan.

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  Students of Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah in Singapore

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  Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya in Jerusalem, Israel

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  A Muslim kindergarten in Yangzhou, China

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

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

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  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.