Madrasa in South Asia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Robinson, Francis
Leiden
Brill
(3,848 words)
The madrasa in South Asia was the main institution for transmitting Islamic knowledge and sustaining Islamic identity. 1. The Delhi Sultanate The first madrasa s appear to have been founded after the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate in 602/1206. One was the Muʿizziya, probably founded by Iltutmish (r. 607-33/1211-36) and named after Muḥammad Ghūrī's title Muʿizz al-Dīn (Muḥammad Ghūrī ruled in Ghazna 569-99/1173-1203). The second, the Nāṣiriyya, was built by Balban (r. 664-86/1266-87), while he was chief minister