Madrasas of Tunis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Elinruby (talk | contribs) at 13:35, 30 April 2017 (Copyedit (minor)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Postcard of Madrasa Slimania (18th century)
Cour médersa Mouradia
Patio de la médresa Bir Lahjar
Entrée de la médresa Bir lahjar

Madrasas of Tunis were built under the reign of the Hafsid dynasty in the medina of Tunis.

The original plan was that those schools would contribute to educate the state civil servants. In the 20th century, their role is limited to hosting students of the University of Ez-Zitouna.

List