Nizamiyya

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noun

Any one of educational institutions founded in the 11th century by Nizam al-Mulk, vizier of the Saljuq Empire

OriginArabic نِظَامِيَّة →
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Meanings

nounNizamiyya (plural Nizamiyyas)

plural Nizamiyyas

  1. historyAny one of educational institutions founded in the 11th century by Nizam al-Mulk, vizier of the Saljuq Empire

    […] the Nizamiyya of Baghdad […]

    2013, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, page 394
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    […] the Nizamiyya of Nishapur […]

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Origin

  1. Arabicنِظَامِيَّة
  2. EnglishNizamiyya

Borrowed from Arabic نِظَامِيَّة (niẓāmiyya), from نِظَام [الْمُلْك] (“Nizam [al-Mulk]”) + ـِيَّة (-iyya). Ellipsis of مَدْرَسَة نِظَامِيَّة (madrasa niẓāmiyya, literally “Nizamian school”).

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Translations

Arabic نِظَامِيَّة
  • نِظَامِيَّة (niẓāmiyya)Translations
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