Maktab (in
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
مكتب) from the Arabic word ''kataba'' or write, refers to a school, or a business office.
It may also refer to:
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Maktab (education)
A kuttab ( ar, كُتَّاب ''kuttāb'', plural: ''kataatiib'', ) or maktab ( ar, مَكْتَب) is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world. Though the ''kuttab'' was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, ...
, elementary and all secondary school system in Afghanistan. The primarily elementary school without secondary school is known as
Kottab
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Maktab (Lahore), a private co-educational school (preschool to A-levels) founded in 2012
Containing the term
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Amin Maktab, a special education center for mentally challenged children located in Gulberg, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan established in 1961
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Maktab Khana (meaning "House of Translation"), was a bureau of records and translation established by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in Fatehpur Sikri around 1574
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Maktab al-Khidamat
The ''Maktab al-Khidamat'' () was an Arab charitable organization founded in 1984 by Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and other volunteers during the Soviet–Afghan War, It raised funds and recruited foreign mujahideen for the ...
(MAK), also Maktab Khadamāt al-Mujāhidīn al-'Arab, also known as the Afghan Services Bureau, was founded in 1984 by Abdullah Azzam, Wa'el Hamza Julaidan, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri to raise funds and recruit foreign mujahidin for the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan
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Maktab Nasional, a private Catholic mission secondary school located in Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
*Maktab Rendah Sains MARA or
MARA Junior Science College
The MARA Junior Science College (MJSC) ( ms, Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM)) is a group of boarding schools created by Majlis Amanah Rakyat ( MARA), a Malaysian government agency. The institution provides learning facilities for bright stud ...
, a group of boarding schools created by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), a Malaysian government agency
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Maktab-e Tawhid, was a Shi'i seminary for women, established in Qom, Iran's clerical center in 1975, as a wing of the Haghani school
See also
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Kuttab
A kuttab ( ar, كُتَّاب ''kuttāb'', plural: ''kataatiib'', ) or maktab ( ar, مَكْتَب) is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world. Though the ''kuttab'' was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, a ...
, an Arabic word meaning elementary school.
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