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Seljuk Madrasa Network
A Seljuk madrasa system modeled on the Nizamiyya colleges, forming an educational network covering major cities in Persia and Anatolia by the 1170s, …
Timeline
- c. 1171–1180Baghdad · BaghdadSeljuk vassal states continued the college model founded by Nizam al-Mulk, using four-iwan courtyard buildings to house lecture halls and dormitories, with curricula emphasizing Shafi'i jurisprudence and Ash'ari theology; graduates entered the judiciary and court bureaucracy.
- c. 1175–1180Konya · KonyaThe Sultanate of Rum built madrasas in Konya and elsewhere, transposing the Persian educational model to Anatolia and training local qadis and religious scholars to serve newly conquered Muslim communities.
Sources
- Madrasa — George Makdisi https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/
- The Rise of Colleges: Institutions of Learning in Islam and the West — George Makdisi (1981)