Lulat, Y. G.-M. (2005). A history of African higher education from antiquity to the present : a critical synthesis. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers. стр. 70. ISBN0-313-32061-6. OCLC57243371. „As for the nature of its curriculum, it was typical of other major madrasahs such as al-Azhar and Al Quaraouiyine, though many of the texts used at the institution came from Muslim Spain. Al Quaraouiyine began its life as a small mosque constructed in 859 C.E. by means of an endowment bequeathed by a wealthy woman of much piety, Fatima bint Muhammed al-Fahri.”
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Roy, Olivier (2004). Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah. Columbia University Press. стр. 92—93. ISBN9780231134996. Приступљено 4. 4. 2015. „In Egypt the number of teaching institutes dependent on Al-Azhar University increased from 1855 in 1986-7 to 4314 in 1995-6.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
Lulat, Y. G.-M. (2005). A history of African higher education from antiquity to the present : a critical synthesis. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers. стр. 70. ISBN0-313-32061-6. OCLC57243371. „As for the nature of its curriculum, it was typical of other major madrasahs such as al-Azhar and Al Quaraouiyine, though many of the texts used at the institution came from Muslim Spain. Al Quaraouiyine began its life as a small mosque constructed in 859 C.E. by means of an endowment bequeathed by a wealthy woman of much piety, Fatima bint Muhammed al-Fahri.”