Madrasa El Tawfikia

Madrasas of Tunis were built under the reign of the Hafsid dynasty in the medina of Tunis. They were founded to teach Almohad doctrine, but beginning on the 14th century, taught mostly Malakite doctrine.

In the 1850s and 1860s, teaching, living, and learning in the madrases was difficult, described as "poorly lighted little rooms and crowded conditions, must have been picturesque."

The original plan in the late 19th century was that those schools would contribute to educate the state civil servants. In the 20th and 21st centuries, their role is limited to hosting students of the University of Ez-Zitouna, or other institutions.

Only in the 1980s were the history and architecture of the madrasas the subjects of independent scholarship.

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