House of Knowledge
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- This article is about the ancient university in Egypt.
- For the ancient Abbasid Library, see House of Wisdom.
- For the Saudi Arabian College, see Dar Al-Hekma College.
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The House of Knowledge (Arabic: دار العلم , Dar al-'Ilm) was an ancient university of the Fatimid Caliphate (today's Egypt), built in 1004 CE as a library and converted by the Fatimid Imam-Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah to a state university in the same year. The library’s collection was so vast that historian, Ibn Abi Tayyi’ described it as a “wonder of the world”.[1] In keeping with the Islamic tradition of knowledge, the Fatimids collected books on a variety of subjects and their libraries attracted the attention of scholars from across the world. The Imam-Caliph al-Hakim was a great patron of learning and provided paper, pens, ink and inkstands without charge to all those who wished to study there.[2]
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