History of Education in Islam

________________ build the empire and moved the capital to Baghdad

Ibn ‘Asakir (12th Century Scholar) studied under 80 different female

The very first educational institutions of the Islamic world were quite informal.

Women throughout the Muslim world were able to attend lectures in mosques, and in many cases were teachers themselves.

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt (founded in 970) was attached to the Mosque Initially.

___________ is famous for making the Baghdad a centre of learning.

Fitzgerald translated Omar Khayyam's Rubayyat. (Poetry)

Medieval Islamic education was no different than today in terms of the physical and social well-being of the students.

ijaza or a license certifying in medieval age was to certify people that they can drive a vehicle now.

Trigonometry functions are introduced by

Al Kindi was the father of Al Jabra