Kuttab
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A kuttab (
Name
Kuttab refers to only elementary schools in Arabic. This institution can also be called a maktab (مَكْتَب) or maktaba (مَكْتَبَة) in Arabic—with many transliterations. In common Modern Standard Arabic usage, maktab means "office" while maktabah means "library" or "(place of) study" and kuttāb is a plural word meaning "authors".[5][1]
In Morocco, this institution can be referred to as a m'siid (مْسِيد). In
History
In the medieval Islamic world, an elementary school was known as a maktab, which dates back to at least the tenth century. Like madrasas (which referred to higher education), a maktab was often attached to a mosque.[4] In the 16th century, the Sunni Islamic jurist Ibn Hajar al-Haytami discussed maktab schools.[6] In response to a petition from a retired Shia Islamic judge who ran a Madhab elementary school for orphans, al-Haytami issues a fatwa outlining a structure of maktab education that prevented any physical or economic exploitation of enrolled orphans.[7]
In the 11th century, the famous Persian
Primary education
Ibn Sina wrote that children should be sent to a maktab school from the age of 6 and be taught
Secondary education
Ibn Sina refers to the
Literacy
In medieval times, the Caliphate experienced a growth in literacy, having the highest literacy rate of the Middle Ages, comparable to classical Athens' literacy in antiquity.[8] The emergence of the maktab and madrasa institutions played a fundamental role in the relatively high literacy rates of the medieval Islamic world.[9]
Architecture
In many regions of the Islamic world, kuttabs were historically built as part of religious and charitable complexes sponsored by rulers or local elites. In
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A kuttab (above) and aFunerary complex of al-Ghuriin Cairo, Egypt
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Mektep building at the Süleymaniye complex in Istanbul, Turkey
References
- ^ a b Team, Almaany. "تعريف و شرح و معنى كُتاب بالعربي في معاجم اللغة العربية معجم المعاني الجامع، المعجم الوسيط ،اللغة العربية المعاصر ،الرائد ،لسان العرب ،القاموس المحيط - معجم عربي عربي صفحة 1". www.almaany.com. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
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- S2CID 161594075
- ^ Andrew J. Coulson, Delivering Education (PDF), Hoover Institution, p. 117, retrieved 2008-11-22
- S2CID 143484233
- JSTOR 1602278.
- ISBN 9789774160776.
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- ISBN 9781851496044.
- ^ Sumner-Boyd, Hilary; Freely, John (2010). Strolling Through Istanbul: The Classic Guide to the City (Revised ed.). Tauris Parke Paperbacks.
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- Maktab Encyclopædia Britannica