House of Wisdom
library, translation institute and research center in medieval Baghdad
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Summary
House of Wisdom is a library[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,074 views/month, #1 of 432).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Round city of Baghdad[3]
- Country: Abbasid Caliphate[4]
- Instance of: school[5], institute[6], former entity[7], higher education institution[8]
- Founder: Harun al-Rashid[9], al-Maʾmun[10]
- Movement: Translation Movement[11]
- Headquarters location: Round city of Baghdad[12]
- Inception: 800[13]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: February 12, 1258[14]
- Native label: بَيْت الْحِكْمَة[15]
- Time period: Islamic Golden Age[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject History of Science[17], WikiProject Historic Sites[18], WikiProject Historical Place[19], WikiProject Science[20]
- State of conservation: demolished or destroyed[21]
Why It Matters
House of Wisdom has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]