Nezamiyeh
The Nezamiyeh (
Arabic: النظامیة) are a group of institutions of higher education established by Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century in Iran. The name nizamiyyah derives from his name. Founded at the beginning of the Seljuk Empire, these Sunni Islam theological schools are considered to be the model of later Islamic universities, or schools.[1]
Nizamiyyah institutes were among the first well organized
Ismailis, in the region. Indeed, Nizam al-Mulk devoted a significant section in his famous Siyasatnama (Books of Politics) to refuting the Ismaili doctrines.[2]
The most famous and celebrated of all the nizamiyyah schools was
Isfahan
.
Nizam ul-Mulk was finally assassinated en route from Isfahan to Baghdad in 1092 CE. According to several books, he was assassinated by a Nizari Ismaili (an Assassin).
According to
Malik Shah I, who also converted to Shia'ism. But it is thereafter that they were both assassinated.[3]
The
See also
- Education
- Academy of Gundishapur
- Darolfonoon
- Higher education in Iran
- House of Wisdom, another establishment in Baghdad
- Modern Iranian scientists and engineers
- Sarouyeh
- School of Nisibis
- List of Iranian Research Centers
- List of Iranian scientistsfrom the pre-modern era
- List of universities in Iran
References
- ^ Ed(s). "al- Niẓāmiyya , al- Madrasa." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Edited by: P. Bearman , Th. Bianquis , C.E. Bosworth , E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2010, retrieved 20(03/2010)
- ^ Virani, Shafique N. The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), 73.
- ISBN 964-93287-8-5. Archived from the originalon 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ B.G. Massialas & S.A. Jarrar (1987), "Conflicts in education in the Arab world: The present challenge", Arab Studies Quarterly: "Subjects such as history, mathematics, physical sciences, and music were added to the curriculum of Al-Nizamiyah at a later time."