Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
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Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad was an early Islamic university, arguably the first ever[1], established in July of 1091[2] when Nizam al-Mulk appointed the 33-year-old Al-Ghazali as a professor of the school. Offering free education[3], it has been hailed as the "largest university of the Medieval world".[4]
Ibn Tumart, founder of the Berber Almohad dynasty, reputedly attended the school and studied under al-Ghazali - although some have questioned whether his claims of being charged by al-Ghazali to avenge the burning of his books in Morocco may be an apocryphal tale.[5]
al-Mulk's son-in-law Mughatil ibn Bakri was also employed by the university.
Persian poet Sa'di studied at the university from 1195 until 1226, when he set out on a thirty-year journey.
In 1116, Muhammad al-Shahrastani taught at the University.
In 1096, when al-Ghazali left the University, it housed 300 students. [6]
In the 1170s, statesman Beha ud-Din taught at the University, before he moved on to teach in Mosul.
[edit] See also
- Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya, another Baghdad university, founded in 1233
[edit] References
- ^ http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/634/bo2.htm
- ^ http://www.ghazali.org/works/gz-repent.doc
- ^ Black, A. A History of Islamic Political Thought – From the Prophet to the Present. Cambridge: Edinburgh University Press, 2001.
- ^ http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/index/1F7AAVLC25YV4PF2.pdf
- ^ http://www.yale.edu/religiousstudies/facultypages/Almohaden2005.pdf
- ^ http://www.ghazali.org/books/md/IIA-02trans.htm
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