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Madrasa Salhia
Madrasa Salhia ( ar, المدرسة الصالحية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Localization It is located in 31 Sidi Ben Arous Street between Al-Zaytuna Mosque and the Kasbah. History Between 1928 and 1938, many madrasahs were built to help solving the accommodation crisis of Azzaytuna University students in the Medina of Tunis The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from .... One of these madrasahs is Madrasa Hamzia that was built in 1929 while Madrasa Salhia was built in 1937 by Al Wakil Mohamed Salhi. Architecture The madrasa has a big hall surrounded by rooms divided into two floors. Médersa Salhia photo 4 المدرسة الصالحية.jpg, Marble epigraphy at the entrance of the madrasa Medersa Salhia Intérieur.JPG, Hall of the madrasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medersa Salhia
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated ''Madrasah arifah'', ''medresa'', ''madrassa'', ''madraza'', ''medrese'', etc. In countries outside the Arab world, the word usually refers to a specific type of religious school or college for the study of the religion of Islam, though this may not be the only subject studied. In an architectural and historical context, the term generally refers to a particular kind of institution in the historic Muslim world which primarily taught Islamic law and jurisprudence (''fiqh''), as well as other subjects on occasion. The origin of this type of institution is widely credited to Nizam al-Mulk, a vizier under the Seljuks in the 11th century, who was responsible for building the first network of official madrasas in Iran, Mesopotamia, and Khorasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
