Madrasa El Maghribia ( ar, المدرسة المغربية) is one of the

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 '' ...

hs of 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 ...

Location

It is located in 44 Tourbet El Bey Street, near four other

hs which are: Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra and Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra in Sourdou Street,

Madrasa Al JasSoussia Madrasa Al Jassoussia ( ar, المدرسة الجاسوسية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. Etymology The madrasa's name comes from the saint Abi Abdallah Al Jassous ( ar, أبي عبدالله الجاسوس). Location It ...

in Bach Hamba Street and Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra in Mtihra Street.

History

The madrasa was built during the

Hafsid The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (western ...

era. It was an initiative of Abou Abdallah Mohamed El Maghrebi who died in 1290.

Ibn Khaldoun Ibn Khaldun (; ar, أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, ; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732-808 AH) was an Arab The Historical Muhammad', Irving M. Zeitlin, (Polity Press, 2007), p. 21; "It is, of ...

used to go to this madrasa. In the beginning it was a teaching place. But by the time, Al-Zaytuna took that role and the madrasa became just a place to host students. In 1930, it had 12 rooms but 32 students.

References

{{Portal, Africa Madrasas in the medina of Tunis