Educational institutions in the second Zaidi state in Yemen during the sixth and seventh centuries AH

Abstract

The study aims to identify the most important institutions and places of education in the second Zaidi state in Yemen during the sixth and seventh centuries AH, and their role in spreading knowledge, such as the kotatib (al-ma’alamat), mosques, scholars’ homes, schools, scholarly abandonment, and others, taking into account the distinction of Zaydis in Yemen from others by the presence of a form of Places of education that were not found elsewhere, which is what they called (scientific abandonment) which had a major role in graduating many scientists who contributed to fueling the spirit of scientific competition, and scientific trips to and from Yemen also played a major role in the prosperity of these educational institutions. To achieve this goal, the researcher used the historical method to obtain the scientific material related to this subject. Through researching the available sources and references, the researcher reached a number of results, most notably the impact of religious, political, social, economic and scientific conditions on education and scientific activity in those institutions, as well as the impact of the scientific relations that existed between Yemen and various Islamic countries such as Iraq, Egypt, Mecca, Medina, Khorasan, Al-Jail and Daylam, a positive impact on scientific, intellectual and cultural activity that further enriched the scientific, intellectual and cultural movement that was present in these educational institutions, and this was represented in the graduation of a large number of scholars and jurists from these educational institutions, and the authoring and classification of a large number of manuscripts, books, and scientific and cultural messages in all domains.