Madrasa facts for kids

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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The three madrasas at the Registan of Samarkand, at the center of the Timurid Renaissance.
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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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Al-Azhar Mosque and University in Cairo
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The medrese of the Atik Valide Mosque, part of a külliye sponsored by Nurbanu Sultan (wife of Ottoman sultan Selim II) and designed by imperial architect Mimar Sinan in 1571
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Courtyard of the Nur al-Din Madrasa in Damascus, originally built in 1167 by Nur al-Din
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Courtyard of the Ben Youssef Madrasa (16th century) in Marrakesh
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Courtyard of the Ulugh Beg Madrasa (15th century) in Samarkand
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The Salis Medrese, part of the Süleymaniye complex (16th century) in Istanbul
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Şemsi Pasha Mosque and medrese (1580) in Üsküdar, Istanbul
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Courtyard of the Bou Inania Madrasa in Fes
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Madrasa e Faizan e Madina in Karachi, Pakistan
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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.