859 CE
Fatima al-Fihri Founds al-Qarawiyyin
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Fatima al-Fihri spent her whole inheritance on it; its teaching circles drew scholars from across the Islamic world.
Ibn Khaldun and al-Idrisi studied there, and its library still holds a ninth-century Qur'an.
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