1250Event
Kanuri students establish a hostel in Cairo
Evidence dates to at least 1250 CE for Hausa or Kanuri students traveling abroad to study Islamic theology, when Kanuri students established a hostel in Cairo.
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1250
Kanuri students establish a hostel in Cairo
Evidence dates to at least 1250 CE for Hausa or Kanuri students traveling abroad to study Islamic theology, when Kanuri students established a hostel in Cairo.
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Evidence dates to at least 1250 CE for Hausa or Kanuri students traveling abroad to study Islamic theology, when Kanuri students established a hostel in Cairo. Such scholarly exchange linked the region to the wider Islamic intellectual world.