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Al Ahmadiya School

Coordinates: 25°16′N 55°18′E / 25.267°N 55.300°E / 25.267; 55.300
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Al Ahmadiya School
مدرسة الاحمدية
Location
Map
AlRas
,
Deira
,
Dubai

United Arab Emirates
Information
School typePrivate School
Religious affiliation(s)Maliki Islam
Establishedc. 1912
FounderAhmed Bin Dalmook
Al Ahmadiya School main entrance
Outdoor courtyard where students used to gather in lines in the morning
A corner of the Al Ahmadiya School museum showing a scene of traditional education

Al Ahmadiya School (Arabic: مدرسة الأحمدية) was a private school in Al Ras, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The school was established in 1912 by Sheikh Ahmed Bin Dalmouk, making it Dubai's oldest known formal educational institution. The school has housed an illustrious faculty collection, including some of Dubai's most famous jurists and Islamic scholars at the time. It has also graduated cohorts of notable alumni that would go on to lead Dubai's modernization in the 20th century.

History

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The school was founded in the year 1912 by Sheikh Ahmed Bin Dalmouk, of the pearl trade in the Persian Gulf. Following his demise, his son Sheikh Mohammed Bin Ahmed Bin Dalmouk completed the construction of the school and named it Al Ahmadiya School in honor of his father. The Dubai government worked on the restoration of Al Ahmadiya School in mid-1994 and converted it into a museum that was inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum on March 20, 2000, representing the genesis of semi-formal education in Dubai.

Notable alumni

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Over the decades the school remained in operation, it graduated many notable figures that would go on to contribute to Dubai's development in the 20th century. These alumni include:

References

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25°16′N 55°18′E / 25.267°N 55.300°E / 25.267; 55.300