Medical Education and Practice Hospitals in Nizamiye Madrasahs

Abstract

The aim of this study; The purpose of the establishment of the Nizamiye madrasahs, which was established under the leadership of Nizamulmülk, the vizier of the Great Seljuk State and was seen as one of the most important educational institutions in the Islamic world in the Middle Ages, and how the medical education in these educational institutions was given and how the practice hospitals affiliated to these medical faculties served. After the Turks accepted Islam, they entered the Islamic world as a new blood and caused a new era to begin. These new Turkish-Islamic states, such as the Karakhanids, Ghaznavids and Great Seljuks, who came to the stage of history after the adoption of Islam, contributed greatly to the cultural and scientific life by introducing new institutions that were not seen in Turkish history before. During the Karakhanid period, Islam spread rapidly among the Turks in Central Asia and the first madrasahs began to appear in this period. In the period of the Ghaznavids, in addition to these madrasas built during the Karakhanids, some new madrasas continued to be built. With the emergence of the Great Seljuk State on the stage of history, the Turks began to have a say in important areas of the Islamic world such as political, social, cultural and educational. The biggest indicator of this new vision and mission of the Great Seljuks in the Islamic world was the establishment of Nizamiye Madrasahs. Nizamiye Madrasahs brought a new perspective to the educational institutions of the Islamic world and deeply affected the education system, both in terms of religious sciences and positive sciences, thanks to the new system it implemented. Medical education also has an important place in this education system.