School in Egypt in the Fatimid era through (358 – 567 A.H / 969 A.D. - 1171 A.D): A study in factors of inception

Abstract

This study aims to give a clear idea about the establishment of the school in Egypt during the Fatimid era (358-567 AH / 969 AD - 1171 AD) and the possibility of knowing the beginning of the emergence of this institution and standing on the factors of its establishment and the purpose of building it as one of the educational institutions that emerged as a result of the development and prosperity witnessed by the Islamic world In the scientific movement during the fifth century AH.The researcher followed the analytical historical approach in preparing this study and reached a set of results, most notably: The school is an educational institution that includes everything that distinguishes other educational institutions that preceded it, such as mosques, khans, and science houses, as it is considered a place for studying religious sciences as well as other various sciences. During the Fatimid era, the idea was (School) is modern in the Islamic world, so Fatimid education was initially limited to other institutions, such as the Al-Azhar Mosque, which used to perform the same function as the school, until schools appeared in Egypt with its artistic name, which it became famous for in the rest of the Islamic world, and that was at the end of the rule of the Fatimid state.These schools were distinguished for having a doctrine different from the doctrine of the Ismaili state, namely (AbiBakr Al-Tartushi School, Al-Hafizia School, and Al-Ahliyya School).