Note 312 — Terminal Essay. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The first school for Arabic literature was opened by Ibn Abbas who lectured to multitudes in a valley near Meccah, this rude beginning was followed by public teaching in the great Mosque of Damascus. For the rise of the “Madrasah,” Academy or College, see Introduct. to Ibn Khallikan pp. xxvii.-xxxii.