Founding of al-Qarawiyyin
- Period
- AD 859
- Region
- Africa
- Category
- Culture
The University of al-Qarawiyyin, also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Islamic Golden Age. It was incorporated into Morocco's modern state university system in 1963 and officially renamed "University of Al Quaraouiyine" two years later. The mosque building itself is also a significant complex of historical Moroccan and Islamic architecture that features elements from many different periods of Moroccan history.
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Earlier and later events nearby
- AD 711–718Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
- AD 859Founding of al-QarawiyyinThis page
- 1325–1354Travels of Ibn Battuta
- 1377Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah
- 1415Portuguese conquest of Ceuta
Who ruled this land
States that held this place in the historical borders data (Cliopatria). Years are approximate, as fine as the data's snapshots (every few years to a century). Tap to open the map for that year.