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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
The Nizamiyya madrasa in Baghdad is a madrasa built by Nizam al-Mulk, vizier of Alp Arslan, and completed in 459 AH. 1
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi was appointed to teach in it. Al-Suyuti relates that it was "the first madrasa built for jurists", introducing this with the form "it is said" (wa-qila), so the matter is attributed to a saying rather than stated as certain. 1
Al-Suyuti names Nizam al-Mulk as vizier. For an introduction to him, the museum has a page: Nizam al-Mulk. The madrasa stood in Baghdad.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 645-646
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Nizamiyya Madrasa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/nizamiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.