There were three universities in Timbuktu; the Sankore University,
Jingaray Ber University and Sidi Yahya University.
From the history of Timbuktu taken from the Timbuktu Educational Foundation:
?Timbuktu had three universities and 180 Quranic schools. These
universities were the Sankore University, Jingaray Ber University and
Sidi Yahya University. This was the golden age of Africa. Books were
not only written in Timbuktu, but they were also imported and copied
there. There was an advanced local book copying industry in the city.
The universities and private libraries contained unparalleled
scholarly works. The famous scholar of Timbuktu Ahmad Baba who was
among those forcibly exiled in Morocco claimed that his library of
1600 books had been plundered, and that his library, according to him,
was one of the smaller in the city.?
Timbuktu Educational Foundation: History of Timbuktu
http://www.timbuktufoundation.org/history.html
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From Trekking to Timbuktu: Timbuktu's Golden Age of Scholarship ? Teacher Version :
?Of the city's population of nearly 100,000, a quarter were students
and scholars. Many of these came from other parts of the Islamic world
to study or teach at the cities many madrasas (Islamic schools) and
its three universities, the most renowned being that associated with
the Sankore Mosque.?
EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=504
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The History Channel provides the following information:
?Scholars from all over the Islamic world came to the University of
Sankore (as well as the city's over 180 madersas) where courses as
varied as theology, Islamic law, rhetoric, and literature were taught.
The university was housed in the Sankore Mosque built with a
remarkably large pyramidal mihrab in the declining years of the Mali
Empire. The university, one of the first in Africa, became so famous
that scholars came to it from all over the Muslim world. At this
period in African history, the University of Sankore was the
educational capital of the western Sudan, where 25,000 students
studied a rigorous academic program.?
History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/unesco/timbuktu/goldenage.html
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Read a description and history of the University of Sankore at The
world-class University of Sankore, Timbuktu
http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=371
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?Jingaray Ber was built by Mansa Musa in 1325. This Masjid or
University is 700 years old.?
?The Sankore Masjid was first built by Mandika people around the 12th
century. It is located in the northeast district of Timbuktu. A
Wangara or Mandika woman financed Sankore University making it the
leading center of learning in West Africa at that time.?
?The Masjid of Sidi Yahya was built by Mohammed Naddi, one of the
governors of the city appointed by the Mandika Dynasty.?
Timbuktu Educational Foundation
http://www.timbuktufoundation.org/scholars.html
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About Mansa Moussa
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/unesco/timbuktu/mansamoussa.html
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