The Educational Efforts of the Holy Mosque Scholars in the Mamluks Era

The present study aimed at delineating the educational efforts of the Holy Mosque scholars during the era of Mamluks. The historical method was adopted based on induction, analysis and studying of the history and news related to the educational efforts in the Holy Mosque in the Mamluks era as such sources were history books, resources, codex, manuscript, and books of monuments, literature and education… The data were collected, analyzed, criticized and classified in relation to the related units; in addition, all the data were cited according to the rules of the scientific historical method. The results of the study revealed that the kings, sultans, and princes competed to develop the Holy Mosque to serve the visitors, worshipers, residents and pilgrims, as the Holy Mosque represents a glorified symbol for all Muslims. The Mamluks kings and Sultans got great honor in serving the Holy Mosque and the scholars there paid great attention for educating woman, as such learning witnessed obvious activity during that era and there were competitions in seeking learning, especially the Islamic sciences, namely, the prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) sayings, Jurisprudence (Fikh), language, and history. Such historical period witnessed great known female scholars and some of them were teaching inside the Holy Mosque and women came from different places seeking learning and worshiping Allah (Glory be to Him) in the best place on the Earth. Those people learnt in the Holy Mosque contributed in distributing the scientific, legitimate, and literature sciences in the Muslims countries. Furthermore, some of those scholars have contributions in the educational, scientific efforts because of what they produced like books, resources in all the fields of knowledge. With this in mind, the educational institutions in the Mamluks era were varied to include Quranic Schools (Katatib), the Holy Mosque, the homes of princes, kings, and scholars and schools. Such variation created educational and learning development for all the family members living in Makah and the near places, as Makah was the capital of culture and knowledge during this era. In addition, the phenomena of composing, editing and classifying among scholars were spread and many great figures in all the fields of knowledge were due to such development