Map of the Scholars

خريطة العلماء

A trail through the geography of learning.

Depth

At a glance

Region
Global / Diaspora
Review
Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it

Walk this pathway

5steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. Medina

    فقه المدينة وحديثها: مدرسة الحجاز.

    Medina · Malik ibn Anas

  2. Basra and Kufa

    نحو البصرة وفقه الكوفة: مدينتا العراق.

    Basra · Kufa · Sibawayh · Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit

  3. Baghdad

    الترجمة والكلام: عاصمة العلم ثلاثة قرون.

    Baghdad · Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom

  4. Khorasan

    حديث بخارى ونيسابور وسمرقند.

    Bukhara · Nishapur · Al Bukhari

  5. Al-Andalus

    فلسفة قرطبة ولغة إشبيلية.

    Cordoba · ابن رشد الحفيد

Tell it back

Tell what you learned in your own words. What you write stays on this device only, and no one else reads it.

  1. Where would you start if you told this to a friend?
  2. What surprised you or did you like most?
  3. Sum it up in two sentences of your own.

Writing here needs JavaScript; the prompts read and print without it.

Write at least two sentences, or tick that you told it, to earn the stamp in your passport.

Overview

A path through the geography of learning: Medina for jurisprudence, Basra for grammar, Baghdad for translation, Bukhara for hadith, and Cordoba for philosophy.

Sources

  • Wikidata
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Map of the Scholars”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-islam-scholars-map/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON