Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench

Why it mattersKey Umayyad / Abbasid (Harran School) ancient-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 800 CE university; city wall 1050 BCE

Period

Eblaite to Ottoman; University 8th–12th c. CE

Culture

Umayyad / Abbasid (Harran School)

Purpose

Great Mosque and world's first Islamic university (Jabir ibn Hayyan) — 800 CE Abbasid academy

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1988

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 800 CE university; city wall 1050 BCE

   Initial construction / first occupation at Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench

2. 1970 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench

• Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench — primary structure36.8711° N · 39.0301° E
• Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench — subsidiary complex36.8702° N · 39.0322° E
• Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench — Rock_Art Annex 3rock artrock art at Harran — First Islamic University Excavation Trench — hydraulic feature36.8724° N · 39.0322° E