This is a list of Islamic seminaries throughout history, including the operational, historical, defunct or converted ones. This list includes mainly madrasas in the Western context, which refers to the specific type of religious school or college for the study of the Islamic religion and Islamic educations, though this may not be the only subject studied. It also includes sectarian or regional variants which have distinct characteristics and traditions, though serves the identical purposes as seminary, namely Hawza of Shi'a Islam, Nizamiyya in the medieval Persia, Darul Uloom which has roots in South Asia, Qawmi in Bangladesh, pesantren in Indonesia, and pondok in Malaysia and Southern Thailand. This list does not include institutions which are not religious seminaries, but have an Islamic identity or charter, or devoted to sciences and arts usually associated with Islamic culture and history, namely Islamic University.
List of Islamic seminaries
The listings are in alphabetical order by country.
Bangladesh
- Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasah, Dhaka
- Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Obaidia Nanupur, Chittagong
- Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya, Chittagong
- Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam, Chittagong
- Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar, Chittagong
- Al-Markazul Islami As-Salafi, Nawdapara
- Islamic Research Center Bangladesh, Bashundhara
- Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia, Chittagong
- Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh, Dhaka
- Jamia Shari'ah Malibag, Dhaka, Dhaka
- Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah, Sylhet
- Jamiah Islamiah Yunusia Brahmanbaria, Brahmanbaria
- Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar, Chittagong
- Satpur Kamil Madrasah, Bishwanath, Sylhet.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus
Egypt
- Al-Azhar Madrasa, Cairo
- Emir Qurqumas Complex, Cairo
- Madrasa of Jamal al-Din, Cairo
- Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad, Cairo
- Qalawun complex, Cairo
- Salihiyya Madrasa, Cairo
- Madrasa of Sarghatmish, Cairo
- Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu, Cairo
- Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex, Cairo
- Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, Cairo
India
- Jamia Salafia,Varanasi
- Darul Uloom Deoband, Deoband
- Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband
- Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow
- Al Jamiatul Ashrafia, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Surat
- Al-Jame-atul-Islamia, Raunahi
- Arusiyyah Madrasah, Tamil Nadu
- Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College, Tamil Nadu
- Coordination of Islamic Colleges
- Darul Uloom Banskandi, Cachar district, Assam
- Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh, Aligarh
- Darul Uloom Mau ,Mau
- Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Mau
- Jamia Amjadia Rizvia, Ghosi
- Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly
- Jamia Islamia Talimuddin
- Jamia Darussalam, Tamil Nadu
- Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad
- Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya, Kerala
- Manzar-e-Islam, Bareilly
- Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur
- Jamea Tul Hidaya, Jaipur
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Mali
Morocco
Pakistan
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Spain
Syria
- Al-Adiliyah Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Fathiyah Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Firdaws Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Halawiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Kameliyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Nur al-Din Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Rukniyah Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Sahiba Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Salimiyah Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Shamiyah al-Kubra Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Sibaiyah Madrasa, Damascus
- Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Uthmaniyah Madrasa, Aleppo
- Al-Zahiriyah Library, Damascus
- Al-Zahiriyah Madrasa, Aleppo
Sudan
Tunisia
- Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra, Tunis
- Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra, Tunis
- Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra, Tunis
- Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra, Tunis
- Madrasa Al Jassoussia, Tunis
- Madrasa Khaldounia, Tunis
- Madrasa Asfouria, Tunis
- Madrasa Andaloussiya, Tunis
- Madrasa Caid Mourad, Tunis
- Madrasa Ibn Tafargine, Tunis
- Madrasa Bir Lahjar, Tunis
- Madrasa El Jedid, Tunis
- Madrasa Ech Chamaiya, Tunis
- Madrasa El Achouria, Tunis
- Madrasa El Bachia, Tunis
- Madrasa El Bechiria, Tunis
- Madrasa El Kacemia, Tunis
- Madrasa El Maghribia, Tunis
- Madrasa El Mountaciriya, Tunis
- Madrasa El Mettichia, Tunis
- Madrasa El Tawfikia, Tunis
- Madrasa El Unqiya, Tunis
- Madrasa El Yusefiya, Tunis
- Madrasa Ennakhla, Tunis
- Madrasa Ez-Zitouna, Tunis
- Madrasa Hamzia, Tunis
- Madrasa Hamzia, Tunis
- Madrasa Mouradiyya, Tunis
- Madrasa Salhia, Tunis
- Madrasa Slimania, Tunis
- Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ, Tunis
- Madrasa of Zawiya El Bokria, Tunis
Turkey
- Büyük Aga Medrese, Amasya
- CaferaÃÂa Medresseh, Istanbul
- Gök Medrese, Tokat
- Gök Medrese, Sivas
- Hatuniye Külliyesi, Tokat
- Hatuniye Medresesi, Karaman
- Ince Minaret Medrese, Konya
- Karatay Madrasa, Konya
- Kasñmiye Medrese, Mardin
- Kubat Pasha Madrasa, Tarsus
- Medrese of Mehmet Ã
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- Pervane Medrese, Sinop
- Sahn-ñ Seman Medrese, Istanbul
- Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex, Seyitgazi
- Ã
Âifaiye Medrese, Sivas
- Sñrçalñ Medrese, Konya
- Yakutiye Medrese, Erzurum
- Vacidiye Medrese, Kütahya
United Kingdom
United States
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Yemen
List of oldest Islamic seminaries
See also
References