Bait al Hikmat
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| Country | Pakistan |
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| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 11 December 1989 |
| Location | Hamdard University, Karachi |
| Coordinates | 25°04′57″N 67°00′38″E / 25.082582°N 67.010480°E |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Ancient and Modern Books, Manuscripts, Clippings, Postage Stamps, Coins and Photographs |
| Size | 477,251 books 1,738 manuscripts Approx. 3.68 million clippings covering over 1300 subjects |
| Other information | |
| Staff | 38 |
| Website | Library's Official Web-page |
Bait al Hikmat (Urdu: بیت الحکمہ) is the main library at Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan. It opened in December 1989 and is named after the famous library, House of Wisdom, in Baghdad. The library houses over half a million modern volumes as well as thousands of ancient manuscripts, millions of clippings, translations of Holy Quran in over 60 languages, A.V. Cassettes, as well as Postage Stamps, Coins and Photographs of Hamdard University/Foundation Activities.
After laying the foundation-stone of Madinat al-Hikmah, the city of Education, Science and Culture on 15 December 1983 at Bund Murad, twenty seven Kilometre from Karachi, the foundation-stone of Hamdard University was laid on 17 June 1985 by President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. It was established by Hakim Mohammed Said, the founder of Madinat al-Hikmah, a humanitarian and a philanthropist. After the completion of the Bait al-Hikmah, the first major and most important institution of Madinat al-Hikmah, Hakim Said invited President Ghulam Ishaq Khan to inaugurate the library on 11 December 1989.
Bait al-Hikmah library reflects the memory of the first Bait al-Hikmah (House of Wisdom) established in Baghdad by Khalifa Abu Jafar al-Mansur between 135 and 158 A.H (714–737 CE). Later it was developed by Caliph Harun al-Rashid and Caliph Mamoon Rashid during the 14th century. The present Bait al-Hikmah symbolises a wooded transfusion to the Muslim’s traditional love for learning and scholarship.
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