nomadic warriors calledMongols destroyed our city and threw all our books in the river. And all this? Well, it’ll be History. We are taken back over 1,000 years, where a servant in Baghdad is ...

Alyawi pointed out that the history of these ... An exhibition of rare books and manuscripts some of which are more than a thousand years old will open in Baghdad on April 4, under the slogan ...

William Dalrymple, the historian and author, recently discussed his latest book, The Golden Road ... his father's studies in Kashmir, helped plan Baghdad as a circular city, probably inspired ...

Abdulkareem estimates the library holds between 80,000 and 85,000 books, and it is believed to now be one of Baghdad’s largest after so much was lost in 2003. “We would love to have contact ...

both popular and brand new to Baghdad at the time. It shows cooking methods and spices used to enhance the dishes. This short film is from the BBC series, History of Early Civilisations - Islam.