The claim
Fatima al-Fihri founded the oldest standing university through a waqf.
The evidence
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The chain of transmitters — passage/muwatta-1-057
A Muwatta hadith with isnad.
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chronicle — work/al-mughrib-fi-hula-al-maghrib
A note from the Book of the West on Fez and its Qarawiyyin mosque that Fatima al-Fihri founded, faithfully cond'en'sed.
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object — place/timbuktu
Timbuktu as comparison — another African c'en'tre showing the learning network.
The historians' note
Waqf and biographical works record her founding; researchers certify al-Qarawiyyin as the oldest continuously operating university.