Abstract

This paper aimed to present a descriptive study of the school of Sheikh Saeed bin Khalfan al-Khalili, and to show its role in serving science and society. Highlighting its impact on supplementing the scientific arena with a group of diligent jurists in various sciences and producing books in various sciences. This study relied on the inductive approach in tracing the features and manifestations of the Sheikh al-Khalili educational school through what has been written about the personalities of this school and its cultural and educational role, Then, using the analytical method in presenting the scientific material, And the use of the historical method in introducing this school, highlighting its role in serving science and its students, and its impact on society. The most prominent results of this study are: The school of Sheikh Saeed bin Khalfan alKhalili came within a series of successive schools through the ages for the efforts of Omani scholars in establishing educational schools. This school was established in the mid-thirteenth century AH, and it played an active role in spreading knowledge and science. And it produced qualified scientific cadres with high efficiency in science and authorship, and they had a role in the scientific, political and social aspects. This school also contributed in supplementing the scientific arena with valuable literature in various types of knowledge.