Name of Object:

Al-Maktab al-I‘dadiyya al-‘Askariyya, Damascus

Other name of the Object (second name):

Military college founded first in 1830 in the Mamluk mosque of Tankiz

Location:

Berlin, Germany

Holding Institution:

Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums

 About Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums, Berlin

Date of Object:

1890

Description:

Attempts were first made by the Ottoman state to reform schools in 1869 with the passing of an edict on school reform for the whole Ottoman Empire, officially recognizing private and foreign schools while setting out the basic principles of state education. The law now made a distinction between schools preparing children for a civil service or administrative career on the one hand, and military schools on the other hand. Military primary and secondary schools were established, an example for the latter is the significant Military College al-Maktab al-I‘dadiyya al-`Askariyya.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

Stefan Weber "Al-Maktab al-I‘dadiyya al-‘Askariyya, Damascus" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;de;9;en

Prepared by: Stefan Weber

MWNF Working Number: DE 009