Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad site

Baghdad Governorate · Iraq

Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad site, Iraq
Photo: Aurelio de Sandoval, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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The medieval Nizamiyya was a renowned 11th-century college that helped shape Islamic higher education, later echoed by the surviving Mustansiriya Madrasa on the Tigris. The Mustansiriya's brick facade and courtyard remain a notable monument.

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