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Rab'-e Rashidi was an academic campus in North Eastern part of city Tabriz, constructed in late 13th century during king Ghazan, ruler of Ilkhanid dynasty. The academic campus was a part of Rab-Rashidi endowment which is named after Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, the minister of Ghazan khan. Rashi-al-Din tried to gather the most famous intellectuals of his time in fields of philosophy science and medicine. He also tried to form a structured academic education base in this institute. The establishment was started to decline shortly after death of Rashid al din. The remaining parts of Rab'-e Rashidi later damaged by natural disasters. Nowadays only a small part of the establishment is standing out of the soil and most of its remaining structure is under 6 meters of soil and dust. Iranian archaeologists are recovering it from the soil.

Latitude: 38° 04' 27.00" N
Longitude: 46° 19' 27.60" E

Nearest city to this article: Tebriz

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