By “old” Islamic word I mean Islamic world before Western Renaissance. Before 1500s or so.
So what universities were there where scientific knowledge was imparted besides religious knowledge?
I can think of one name: Jamia Azhar in Egypt.
But I am sure there must have been other universities. It would be strange if Islamic world had no such universities during all that time.
Anyone knows?
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Yes the first name came to my mind is also Jamia Azhar in Egypt.
The situation in Indo-Pak is not satisfactory. You can safely say that during more than 800 years of Muslim rules, they didn’t built any reputed institute. :hinna:
Spain (al-Andlus) produced many scholars like Ibn e Rushd (Averroes) and Muslim there built not only built Masjid e Qartaba but also some universities in Corodaba (Qartaba). After end of Muslim rule in Spain, it is difficult to trace such universities.
Baghdad also remain the center of learning for centuries. Almustansariya University was built in 13th Century by Abbasid caliph Al-Mustansar.
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I think Madrassa-i-Rehmaiyya was one good institute in old delhi:), brits destroyed that structure but it was not less than any collage of modern time:)
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@Mademoiselle](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/members/mademoiselle.html) Thanks, but the link is not opening here. Can you copy the material (names and years when they built) here.
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Don't knw about Universities. But many muslim scientist made the difference in this world in different discipline as under:
M. Al-Khwarizmi - Development of Algebra, astronomy, geography, spherical geometry, spherical trigonometry.
Al-Ghazali - anatomy
Ibn al-Nafis - Discovered Pulmonary Circulaton
Fakhr Al-Din Al-Razi - conception of physics
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Is this Al-Ghazali same as Imam Ghazali?
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Ji :@:
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That sounds interesting. Thanks for the link. I will get back after going through this.
Muqawwee, Mutansariya? Didn’t know that. Thanks. Have to read about it.
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Sure 
These are the ones I could find.
Al Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco - 9th century
Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt - 10th century
Cordova University, Spain - 10th century
University of Timbuktu, Mali - 11th century
Nizamiyah Universities of Neshapur and Baghdad- 11th century
Mustansariya University, Baghdad - 13th century
University of Granada, Spain - 14th century
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Thanks :)
No one in Indo-Pak :(
was Mali under Muslim Rule in 11th Century?
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why dont you start zaid hameed islimic open university in pakistan...........:D
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we are talking about old universities from golden era… wo era jis ke gun ga kar Zaid Hamid jaise khwab beechne ka karobar karte hain. 
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I think baghdad me bhi koi university honi chahiye thi mongol conquest ke pehle…
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Pura thread padho… Mustansariya is in Baghdad.
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Thanks :)
No one in Indo-Pak :(
was Mali under Muslim Rule in 11th Century?
Yeah we had some of the greatest civilizations but no notable islamic university :p
I googled it and Islam came to Mali in the 11th century under the Songhai Empire when therulers began to adopt Islam.
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^are you from mali?
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^are you from mali?
Nahi ji, main tou pakki Pakistani hoon :D
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Nahi ji, main tou pakki Pakistani hoon :D
Mujhe laga aap french ho:D
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Yeah we had some of the greatest civilizations but no notable islamic university :p
I googled it and Islam came to Mali in the 11th century under the Songhai Empire (?).
I think it may have a link to Sarandeep (now in Sri Lanka), because when we read about Arab conquests in Sindh, we read about the people kidnapped were on their journey to Sarandeep. Mali (Maldives) is near Sri Lanka.
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Several foreign travellers, mainly Arabs, had written about a kingdom of the Maldives ruled over by a queen. This kingdom pre-dated Koimala's reign. al-Idrisi, referring to earlier writers, mentions the name of one of the queens, Damahaar, who was a member of the Aadeetta (Sun) dynasty.
**The conversion to Islam is mentioned in the ancient edicts written in copper plates from the end of the 12th century AD. There is also a locally well-known legend about a foreign saint (an Azeri from the city of Tabriz) who subdued a demon known as Rannamaari. **Dhovemi Kalaminja, who succeeded Koimala, converted to Islam in the year AD 1153.
The Maldives were the first landfall for traders from Basrah, sailing to Sri Lanka or Southeast Asia. In the Maldives, ships could take on fresh water, fruit and the delicious, basket-smoked red flesh of the black bonito, a delicacy exported to Sindh, China and Yemen. The people of the archipelago were described as gentle, civilised and hospitable. They produced brass utensils as well as fine cotton textiles, exported in the form of sarongs and turban lengths. These local industries must have depended on imported raw materials.
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