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What was the name of the small Qur'anic elementary school, traditionally attached to a mosque and run by a single teacher (the fiqi), that for centuries provided the only formal education for most Egyptian children?
Answer: Kuttab — The kuttab (or maktab) was the traditional village Qur'an school where young children memorized the Qur'an, learned basic reading and writing, and practised arithmetic under the tutelage of a fiqi — a system that survived from the early Islamic period well into the 20th century.
- A Zawiya
- B Kuttab ✓
- C Ribat
- D Maktab
The kuttab (or maktab) was the traditional village Qur'an school where young children memorized the Qur'an, learned basic reading and writing, and practised arithmetic under the tutelage of a fiqi — a system that survived from the early Islamic period well into the 20th century.