History of Libraries

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  1. 2. it was compiled for the donation of books to the library of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
  2. 4. an important kingdom built in 429/1037 - 590/1194
  3. 8. the empire established in 470/1077 – 923/1517
  4. 11. the modern Arabic word for library
  5. 12. the era after the first for caliph
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  1. 1. A place where Nūr al-Dīn al-Zankī (d. 569/1173) founded al-Bīmāristān al-Nūrī in Damascus
  2. 3. the place where the wazir Bahram established a library
  3. 5. the country where the fatimid was conquered
  4. 6. a city where Khwāja Muḥammad Pārsā (d. 822/1420) established a large family library
  5. 7. a city where The Mahmud Paşa college was founded, and it housed a library
  6. 9. a city where Bayt al-Hikmah was located
  7. 10. a city where Yusuf Ağa established a library with a collection of more than 1000 books