Kuttab

Maktab ( Arabic : ب‎ـتـ‎ـكـ‎مـ‎) (other transliterations include mekteb , mektep , meqteb , maqtab ), also called kuttab (Arabic: “school”), is an Arabic word meaning elementary schools . Though it was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar and Islamic subjects (such as Qur'an recitations), other practical and theretical subjects were also often taught. Until the 20th century, maktabs were the only means of mass education in much of the Islamic world . While in Arabic, Maktab refers to only elementary school, the word Maktab is also used in Persian language in Afghanistan and is an equivalent term to school , comprising both the primary and secondary schooling. Ibn Sina also used the word Matkab in the same sense.

A kuttab ( kuttāb , plural: kataatiib , كَتاتِيبُ ) is an Arabic word meaning elementary school . Though the kuttab was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, and Islamic studies , such as Qira'at (Quranic recitation), other practical and theoretical subjects were also often taught. Until the 20th century, kuttabs were the prevalent means of mass education in much of the Islamic world . Kuttab refers to only elementary schools in Arabic. Maktab is used in Dari Persian in Afghanistan as an equivalent term to school , including both primary and secondary schools . Avicenna used the word maktab in the same sense. The kuttāb represents an old-fashioned method of education in Egypt and Muslim majority countries, in which a sheikh teaches a group of students who sit in front of him on the ground. The curriculum includes Islam and Quranic Arabic , but focused mainly on memorising the Quran . With the development of modern schools, the number of kuttabs has declined. Kuttāb means "writers", plural katatīb / katātīb . In common Modern Arabic usage, maktab means "office" while maktabah means "library" or "(place of) study" and kuttāb is a plural word meaning "authors".

Traditional elementary school in the Islamic world Interior of a 19th-century kuttab in Cairo , Egypt A kuttab ( kuttāb , plural: kataatiib , كَتاتِيبُ ) or maktab ( ) is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world . Though the kuttab was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, and Islamic studies , such as memorizing and reciting the Qur'an (including Qira'at ), other practical and theoretical subjects were also often taught. The kuttāb represents an old-fashioned method of education in Muslim majority countries, in which a sheikh teaches a group of students who sit in front of him on the ground. Until the 20th century, when modern schools developed, kuttabs were the prevalent means of mass education in much of the Islamic world . Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three . The Oxford Dictionary of Islam .

Traditional elementary school in the Islamic world Interior of a 19th-century kuttab in Cairo , Egypt A kuttab ( Arabic : كُتَّاب kuttāb , plural: kataatiib , كَتاتِيبُ ) or maktab ( Arabic : مَكْتَب ) is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world . Though the kuttab was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, and Islamic studies , such as memorizing and reciting the Qur'an (including Qira'at ), other practical and theoretical subjects were also often taught. The kuttāb represents an old-fashioned method of education in Muslim majority countries, in which a sheikh teaches a group of students who sit in front of him on the ground. Until the 20th century, when modern schools developed, kuttabs were the prevalent means of mass education in much of the Islamic world . Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three . The Oxford Dictionary of Islam .