Abstract
The paper explores the key features, underlined principles and the contributing factors of the educational system of the Muslims during the Umayyad’s and the Abbasid’s period. The purpose of study is the proper understanding of the Islamic history to overcome the misinterpretations of the orthodox, as well as the modern mind about Islam and its education system. The overall strategy of the study is a qualitative research based on an extensive document analysis. The data, for this study, has been collected by self-administration from the approachable libraries to the researcher and the available resources there. The collected historical data has been analyzed to explore the significant features of education system of that period. The study identifies, institutions having permanent endowments for their promotion and support, prestigious social status of teachers, education in local language through a rigorous translation work, accumulation and involvement of the best brains of the time in the process of education, as some of the decisive factors behind the success of that system. The study recommends resurrection and rehabilitation of these factors for the improvement of education system in Pakistan.
Dr. Khalid Jamil Rawat,, Muhammad Akhtar,. (2014) A Historiography of the Educational System of the Muslims during the Umayyad’s and the Abbasid’s Period, The Dialogue, Volume 9, Issue 4.
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