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Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah (Arabic: مدرسة الصولتية, Madrasah aṣ-Ṣawlatīyah; or abbreviation: "al-Sawlatiyya") is an Islamic school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [1] It is the oldest continuing school in Saudi Arabia.
Madrasa (/ m ə ˈ d r æ s ə /, [1] also US: /-r ɑː s-/, [2] [3] UK: / ˈ m æ d r ɑː s ə /; [4] Arabic: مدرسة [mædˈræ.sæ, ˈmad.ra.sa] ⓘ, pl. مدارس, madāris), sometimes transliterated as madrasah or madrassa, [3] [5] is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning.
Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah was founded as Mahadul Irsyad at Hindhede Road (off Upper Bukit Timah Road) where the village called Kampong Quarry used to be. It was a small village school with an enrolment of about 50 students and was set up to provide basic Quran and Islamic knowledge to the villagers. [4]
Since the madrasah was intended for the education of the people of Khiva, Arab Muhammad Khan built this madrasa initially as a one-story, simple, and trapezoidal structure. The luxuriously decorated madrasah porch is preserved in the Khiva Museum. During the reign of Allakuli Khan, the madrasah was rebuilt with a murabba, gable and dome. Head ...
The madrasah was built in 1914–1915 [2] at the expense of Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan, the last ruler of the Bukhara Emirate, on the site of the Qazi Kalon bathhouse, [3] where the octagonal dome building has been preserved. The Madrasah is located on the south side of the Po-i-Kalyan [4] ensemble square, next to the Mir Arab Madrasah. [3]
It is therefore the oldest madrasah in Singapore. Alsagoff was first established as an all-boys school. In the 1940s, Alsagoff began taking in female students as well, albeit in a separate school session, making it a co-ed school. When the number of male students started to decrease, Alsagoff stopped taking in boys, making it an all-girls ...
Saudi Arabia is a theocracy organized according to the principles of Islam, which puts emphasis on the importance of knowledge and education.In Islamic belief, obtaining knowledge is the only way to gain true understanding of life, and as such, both men and women are encouraged to study.
The origin of the name is uncertain. [3] According to historian Jacqueline Chabbi, the noun Arabic: زمزم, romanized: Zamzam is an onomatopoeia.She associates the noun with the adjectives Arabic: زمزم, romanized: zamzam and Arabic: زمازم, romanized: zumāzim which are onomatopoeic denoting a dull sound stemming from either a distant roll (of thunder) or a guttural sound emitted ...