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Mustansiriya Madrasa
Mustansiriya Madrasa
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Mustansiriya Madrasa
Mustansiriya Madrasah is a historical building in Baghdad, Iraq. It was the premises of one of the oldest Islamic institutions of higher learning in the world, established in 1227 AD as a madrasah by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir making it one of the oldest madrasahs in the world.
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Country: Iraq
District: Baghdad Governorate
Category: Mosques and Islamic Buildings
Site History: 13th Century AD
Oldest Culture: Islamic
Later Cultures: Islamic
Site Features: Islamic Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission: 2014
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