Founding of Al-Azhar University

تأسيس الأزهر

Cairo, Egypt

The Fatimid general Jawhar as-Siqilli founded al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, which evolved into one of the world's oldest universities. Transformed into a Sunni institution by Salah ad-Din, it remains the most prestigious center of Sunni Islamic scholarship.

For the Prophetic era, see the Seerah timeline.

Founding of Cairo by the Fatimids

Al-Azhar Becomes the World's First University