Osmanlı Medreselerinden Dârülfünûn İlahiyat Fakültesi’ne Siyer ve İslâm Tarihi Dersleri
Sīra and History of Islam Courses from Ottoman Madrasas to Dār al-Funūn Faculty of Theology

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to examine the Sīra and Islamic History courses taught in the Ottoman madrasahs and the branches of the Dār al-Funūn that provide theology education. Sīra and Islamic History courses were included in the formal education program of Ottoman madrasahs in 1910. The mentioned courses were taught in informal education activities other than the madrasah before this date. After the first experience in 1910, Sīra and Islamic History courses had been included in the curriculum until 1924, when the madrasahs were closed. These courses were sometimes existed as two separate courses in the curriculum, and sometimes the subjects of Sīra were explained in the History of Islam. As for Dār al-Funūn, The High Religious Sciences Branch (Ulûm-ı Âliye-i Dîniyye Şubesi) where theology courses were taught, was opened in this institution in 1900. Later, taking its place and carrying out a similar mission, Religious Sciences Branch (Ulûm-ı Şer‘iyye Şubesi) and Faculty of Theology operated within the structure of Dār al-Funūn. Sīra and Islamic History courses were taught in all three departments of Dār al-Funūn that provided theology education. As in the madrasahs, the Sīra course was sometimes existed separately from the History of Islam in the curriculum in Dār al-Funūn and sometimes its subjects were talked in the History of Islam. This practice continued until the date when Dār al-Funūn Faculty of Theology was closed.

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