Madrasa Caid Mourad

View from the Hafsia urban quarter, which used to be known as Hara.

Madrasa Caid Mourad (Arabic: مدرسة القائد مراد‎‎) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis, which was constructed during the reign of the Muradid dynasty.

Location

It was also known as the Swari Madrasa, since it is situated at the Swari alley, in the urban quarter named Haouanet Achour and called Hafsia today.

History

The madrasa was built in the year 1682 (1093 Hijri) by caid Mourad Ben Abdallah, a Mamluk of a Muradid prince. It was mainy built to house students of the Hanafi Islamic school.

After the transformation of the Hara urban quarter, the madrasa was completely destroyed in 1936 (1355 Hijri) and tens of its stones are at the Bardo National Museum today, as a witness of its past presence.

Instructors

Among the madrasa's famous instructors was Sheikh Omar Mahjoub and Mufti Mohammed El Kbayle.

Bibliography

Mohamed Belkhodja (1939). Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd (in Arabic). Tunis: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah.

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

Madrasas of Tunis

Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra Madrasa Al Jassoussia Madrasa Al Khaldounia Madrasa Asfouria Madrasa Andaloussiya Madrasa Caid Mourad Madrasa Ibn Tafargine Madrasa Bir Lahjar Madrasa El Jedid Madrasa Ech Chamaiya Madrasa El Achouria Madrasa El Bachia Madrasa El Bechiria Madrasa El Kacemia Madrasa El Maghribia Madrasa El Mountaciriya Madrasa El Mettichia Madrasa El Tawfikia Madrasa El Unqiya Madrasa El Yusefiya Madrasa Ennakhla Madrasa Hamzia Madrasa Marjania Madrasa Mouradiyya Madrasa Salhia Madrasa Slimania Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ Madrasa of Zawiya El Bokria

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