📘 Madrasas of the World

These are notable madrasas — the colleges of Islamic learning whose tiled courtyards and lecture halls have taught law, theology and science for nearly a thousand years, from Cairo and Samarkand to South Asia. Each profile shows where the madrasa is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

179 madrasas from 25 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any madrasa for its full profile.

Africa (40) Americas (1) Asia (102) Europe (36)

Africa (40 madrasas)

Americas (1 madrasas)

Asia (102 madrasas)

Europe (36 madrasas)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.