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    Sankoré Madrasa (also called the Sankoré Mosque, Sankoré Masjid or University of Sankoré) is one of three medieval mosques and centres of learning located...
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  • Sidibé Aminata Diallo Scholars wrote their own books as part of a socioeconomic model. Students were charged with copying these books and any other books...
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    supported an important book trade. Together with the campuses of the Sankoré Madrasah, an Islamic university, this established Timbuktu as a scholarly centre...
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    and Gao. Most notably, the ancient center of learning Sankore Madrasah (or University of Sankore) was constructed during his reign.[better source needed]...
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    Sankore Madrasah in Timbuktu, Mali...
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    Timbuktu as a renowned scholarly centre, with cultural hubs that included Sankoré Madrasa. Several notable historic writers, such as Shabeni and Leo Africanus...
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    with a large collection of books and an educational center around the Sankoré Madrasah in Timbuktu, the seat of the Songhai Empire. During this period the...
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    Madrasah, Baghdad Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad, Baghdad Hawza of Najaf, Najaf Djinguereber Madrasa, Timbuktu Sidi Yahya Madrasa, Timbuktu Sankore Madrasah...
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  • Doors of Mali Sundiata Keita Musa I of Mali Great Mosque of Djenné Sankore Madrasah Songhai Empire (1464–1591) Sonni Ali Askia Mohammed Battle of Tondibi...
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    others to save the manuscripts from destruction by jihadists in 2012. Sankore Madrasah Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library Timbuktu Chronicles History of...
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    Trdat, the creator of the Cathedral of Ani, to direct the repairs. Sankore Madrasah, at this stage a mosque, is founded in Timbuktu (modern-day Mali)....
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  • became the Sheikh and teacher of the famous scholar Ahmed Baba at the Sankore Madrasah, one of three philosophical schools in Mali during West Africa's golden...
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    ISBN 978-0-7456-4103-4 Cheikh Anta Diop: An Intellectual Portrait (Sankore Madrasah, 2007) Spear Masters: An Introduction to African Religion (University...
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  • Trdat, the creator of the Cathedral of Ani, to direct the repairs. Sankore Madrasah, at this stage a mosque, is founded in Timbuktu (modern-day Mali)....
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  • Doors of Mali Sundiata Keita Musa I of Mali Great Mosque of Djenné Sankore Madrasah Songhai Empire (1464–1591) Sonni Ali Askia Mohammed Battle of Tondibi...
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    Koyraboro subgroup. Mohammed Bagayogo (1523–1593): Sheikh, teacher of Sankore Madrasah, Philosopher, Arabic grammarian, from Songhai Koyraboro subgroup. Abdrahamane...
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  • Doors of Mali Sundiata Keita Musa I of Mali Great Mosque of Djenné Sankore Madrasah Songhai Empire (1464–1591) Sonni Ali Askia Mohammed Battle of Tondibi...
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    during the country's "golden age" from the 14th to the 16th centuries: Sankore Madrasah, Sidi Yahya Mosque, and Djinguereber Mosque, all in Timbuktu. The schools...
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  • August 1583 and was succeeded as Qadi by his brother Abu Hafs Umar. Sankore Madrasah Djinguereber Mosque Mali Empire Gomez 2019, p. 291. Gomez 2019, p. 352...
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  • Doors of Mali Sundiata Keita Musa I of Mali Great Mosque of Djenné Sankore Madrasah Songhai Empire (1464–1591) Sonni Ali Askia Mohammed Battle of Tondibi...
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  • Doors of Mali Sundiata Keita Musa I of Mali Great Mosque of Djenné Sankore Madrasah Songhai Empire (1464–1591) Sonni Ali Askia Mohammed Battle of Tondibi...
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  • Via one of the royal ladies of his court, Musa transformed Sankore from an informal madrasah into an Islamic university. Islamic studies flourished thereafter...
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    is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. Madrasah Medieval university Nezamiyeh History of Academia, Academy, University...
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    Timbuktu, which he peaceably annexed in 1324, and transformed Sankore from an informal madrasah into an Islamic university. Mansa Musa Keita's crowning achievement...
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    of over a million, the largest in its time. The Islamic mosque school (Madrasah) taught the Quran in Arabic and did not at all resemble the medieval European...
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    The 10th-century Sankore Madrasa, Timbuktu, Mali. One of the earliest universities in the world. The three mosques of Sankoré, Djinguereber Mosque and...
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    capital, eventually succeeding as its Almami. Abdul Rahman studied in a madrasahs at Djenné and Timbuktu, speaking at least four African languages, Bambara...
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    University of Timbuktu in about 1100. Mustansiriya Madrasah in Baghdad, Iraq was established in 1227 as a madrasah by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir. Its library...
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