HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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House of Wisdom
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Al-Azhar University
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University of Al-Karaouine
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Knowledge House
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bayt al-Hikmah, (Arabic: “House of Wisdom”) also called Khizānat al-Ḥikmah (Arabic: “Treasury of Wisdom”), royal library maintained by the Abbasid caliphs during their reign in Baghdad.
Detailed explanation-2: -Great minds from many lands gathered at a Baghdad library called the House of Wisdom, one of many centers of learning in an era know as the Islamic Golden Age.
Detailed explanation-3: -The library is tucked into one corner of the vast and beautiful mosque complex which houses the shrine of Sheikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, an 11th-century Persian scholar who lived most of his adult life in Baghdad and was the founder of the al-Qadiriyya Sufi order.
Detailed explanation-4: -Baghdad 1, 200 years ago was the thriving capital of the Muslim civilization. For about 500 years the city boasted the cream of intellectuals and culture. For more than two centuries, it was home to the House of Wisdom, an academy of knowledge that attracted brains from far and wide.