Sankore Madrasah
Also known as: Sankore Madrasah
ancient center of learning in Timbuktu, Mali
Key facts
- Built
- 988
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Overview
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The Sankore Madrasah, also known as the Sankoré Mosque, stands in the Sankoré quarter of Timbuktu in Mali's Tombouctou region. It is one of the city's three medieval mosques and centres of learning, alongside Djinguereber and Sidi Yahya. The building belongs to the Sudano-Sahelian architectural tradition and forms part of a World Heritage Site. The mosque developed into a madrasa and held an important place in the region's scholarly life. It is sometimes called the "University of Sankoré", although there is no evidence of a centralised teaching institution like those of medieval Europe. Instead, individual scholars taught their own private students here, and some lectures and classes were held in the mosque.
History
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The record gives 988 as the year of construction. The mosque went through successive periods of patronage and renovation under the Mali Empire and the Songhai Empire. Its importance declined after the Battle of Tondibi in 1591.
The imamate of the mosque passed in succession among members of the Aqit family, from which the scholar Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti came.
From Wikipedia
Sankoré Madrasa (also called the Sankoré Mosque, Sankoré Masjid, Sankoré Madrasah or University of Sankoré) is one of three medieval mosques and centres of learning located in Timbuktu, Mali. (The others being Djinguereber and Sidi Yahya) Founded in the 14th or early 15th century, the Sankoré mosque went through multiple periods of patronage and renovation under both the Mali Empire and the Songhai Empire until its decline following the Battle of Tondibi in 1591. The mosque developed into an Arabian madrasa.
The term "University of Sankoré" has sometimes been applied to the Sankoré Madrasa, though there is no evidence of a centralized teaching institution such as in European medieval universities. Instead the mosque served as the focal point for individual scholars with their own private students, and as a location in which some lectures and classes were held.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankor%C3%A9_Madrasah
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Sankore
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankor%C3%A9
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrasah_Sankore
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%81_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C