Muslim Institutions of Learning (Madrasa) in Ayyubid and Mamluk Syria | Chapter 5 | Research Aspects in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 8

 This study focuses on handling the rise and spread of the madrasa, in terms of purposes and methods, as an organization of higher education in conscientious sciences in the Ayyubid and Mamluk Syria (Bilad al-Sham) (1187-1516) by relying on endowments (waqf) as lenient acts. The madrasa began to perform and spread in Syria, as a higher organization for religious instruction, since the Zengids’ rule (1127-1174), before it grew all along the Ayyubid and Mamluk eras in the main places in Syria, especially that dressed the political centers, in the way that Damascus, Aleppo, Jerusalem, and so forth. In his study, G. Makdisi handled such affairs, but he focused on the rise of the madrasa as an organization of learning in Eleventh Century Baghdad [1,2].In the second half of the Mamluk generation, various determinants emerged that straightforwardly affected the decline in the madrasa’s work and allure maintenance in Syria, in spite of, several attempts were created to renew and redevelop endowments (waqf) and madrasas. Through the dispute in this paper, it is decided that the motives for providing waqf and madrasas in Syria during the Mamluk cycle were apparent as governmental motives, while all along the Zangid and Ayyubid periods, it was noticeable that scrupulous motives were more powerful.

Author(s) Details:

Hatim Mahamid,
Teachers’ Education, Sakhnin Academic College, Israel.

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