Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra ( ar, المدرسة الحسينية الصغرى) or ''the Small
Husainid Madrasa
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 '' ...
'' is a tunisian
madrasa
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 '' ...
h in
the Medina of Tunis.
Location
The madrasa is located in 60 Tourbet El Bey Street, next to the small Mausoleum of the Husainid Dynasty also known as Tourbet El Fellari.
History
It was the first
madrasa
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to be built 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 ...
during the
Husainid era few years after
Al-Husayn I ibn Ali's accession to the throne.
The construction work started in 1708 and finished 2 years later.
Students
The madrasa used to host 10
Malikite
The ( ar, مَالِكِي) school is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary ...
students coming from interior regions of the country. Each one of them had its own room.
But by the 20th century, the number of students increased and reached 21.
It had its own
Imam and a
cheikh
Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...
to teach the students.
References
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Madrasas in the medina of Tunis