Research Catalog

Title

The Abbasid House of Wisdom : between myth and reality / Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu.

Author

İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
• ©2023

Details

Additional Authors

EBSCOhost

Description

1 online resource.

Subject

• Bayt al-Ḥikmah (Iraq) > History
• Libraries > Iraq > Baghdad > History
• Learned institutions and societies > Iraq > Baghdad > History
• Islamic learning and scholarship > Iraq > Baghdad > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 26, 2022).

Contents

Part I. Baghdad and the Rise of Interest in Foreign Sciences -- A. Revisiting the Abbasid House of Wisdom -- B. Short Note on the Proposed Origins of the House of Wisdom -- Part II. Creating a Myth -- Part III. Dissecting the Myth -- A. Bayt al-Hikma and Translation Movement -- B. Bayt al-Hikma as a University -- Part IV. What to Call a Library in Arabic? -- Part V. What was the Abbasid Caliph's Library Called? -- Part VI. Was the House of Science an Arena for Debates? -- Part VII. What was the Reality? -- A. The Origin of Book Collections -- B. Patronage Associated with the Library -- C. The Library and Greek Books -- D. Abbasid Caliphal Library and Persian Royal Libraries -- Part VIII. What Happened to the House of Wisdom? -- Part IX. The Impact -- Part X. Concluding Remarks.

ISBN

• 9781003323679
• 1003323677
• 9781000736243
• 1000736245
• 9781000736281
• 1000736288

LCCN

• 2022018136
• 10.4324/9781003323679

OCLC

2022018136

Author

İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin, author.

Title

The Abbasid House of Wisdom : between myth and reality / Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Note

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 26, 2022).

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Added Author

EBSCOhost

Other Form:

Print version: İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin. Abbasid House of Wisdom Milton, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781032347455 (DLC) 2022018135

Other Standard Identifier

10.4324/9781003323679 doi