Al-Awqaf Library
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The Al-Awqaf Library is a library
located next to the Iraq National Library and Archive
. It held about 5,000 Islamic manuscripts. It was looted and burnt in the 2003 Iraq War.
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
located next to the Iraq National Library and Archive
Iraq National Library and Archive
The Iraq National Library and Archive , is the national library and national archives of Iraq and is in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad...
. It held about 5,000 Islamic manuscripts. It was looted and burnt in the 2003 Iraq War.