Al-Mustansiriya University

Al-Mustansiriya University (Arabic: الجامعة المستنصرية) is a university in Baghdad, Iraq. The original Mustansiriya Madrasah, was established in 1227 (or 1232/34 A.D. by some accounts) by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustansir and was one of the oldest universities in the world. Its building, on the left bank of the Tigris River, survived the Mongol invasion of 1258 and has been restored.

Al-Mustansiriya University

Al-Mustansiriya University (Arabic: الجامعة المستنصرية) is a university in Baghdad, Iraq. The original Mustansiriya Madrasah, was established in 1227 (or 1232/34 A.D. by some accounts) by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustansir and was one of the oldest universities in the world. Its building, on the left bank of the Tigris River, survived the Mongol invasion of 1258 and has been restored.