Gazi Husref-bey's Madrasah

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Gazi Husref-bey's Madrasah is the oldest
educational institution in BiH and one of rare
in the world which has been continually
working for some 470 years. It was founded
on January 8, 1537 by grandson of Turkish
Sultan Bajazid II, the most prominent regent
and benefactor to BiH Gazi Husref-bey,
whose Vakufnama (Endowment) is permanent
organization and programme basis of this
school's work. Thanks to Husref-bey's wise
testament that this secondary school should
study on „other things necessary considering
tradition and place“ beside religious and
traditional sciences, his Madrasah has
always been pedagogically adjusted to
conditions and period of its functioning.

Several thousands of alims, imams, hattibs (preachers in the mosque), muallims, muftis, hafez and
eminent philosophers, artists and scientists have graduated in Gazi Husref-bey's Madrasah. The
Madrasah operates today as a vocational school that lasts four years. Tuition is conducted in
Bosnian language according to Curriculum, made by BiH Islamic Community Riaset and approved
by the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of education and science.

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Graduates from the Madrasah can continue their education on each
faculty in BiH and many faculties abroad, especially in Islamic world.
The Madrasah is a type of boarding school, which enables its
students many kinds of activities through different clubs. On this
plan, choir club is specially affirmed. The choir club recorded
around ten audio and video tapes of "ilahija" and "kasida"
(devotional songs). There is also a Magazine „Zemzem“ which
has been continually published since 1968. Gazi Husref-bey's
Madrasah operates as a single school with female and male
departments.