National Library and Archives of Iraq

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National Library and Archives of Iraq
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place Baghdad , Iraq
ISIL OCLC-MENLI (NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRAQ)
operator Iraqi Ministry of Culture
management Saad Eskander
Website www.iraqnla-iq.com

The National Library and Archives of Iraq ( Arabic دار الكتب والوثائق العراقـيـة, DMG Dār al-Kutub wa-l-Waṯāʾiq al-ʿIrāqīya ; Engl .: National Library and Archives of Iraq , today also: Iraqi National Library and Archives , abbreviated: INLA ) is the national library of the Republic of Iraq , based in Baghdad . It was founded in 1920.

The library fell victim to the flames on April 13, 2003 during the Third Gulf War . The initially assumed loss of valuable manuscripts and other historical documents from the time of the Ottoman Empire has not come true later. Only recent archival documents from Saddam Hussein's reign were destroyed . The destruction was caused by arson. Which military unit of Iraq or the Allies was responsible for this remained unclear.

literature

  • Saad Eskander: Cemetery of Books. Diary of the Director of the National Library and Archives of Iraq. Edition Cologne, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-936791-43-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Neinzumkrieg.de: Chronology of the Iraq War ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on April 13, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.neinzumkrieg.de
  2. ↑ Peter Heine : Loss of memory. The Baghdad National Library fell victim to fire - an inestimable damage to Iraq's cultural identity. In: Tagesspiegel, April 19, 2003.
  3. ↑ Cronaca: Iraq National Library fire: more than met the eye (June 9, 2004) ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on April 13, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cronaca.com
  4. ↑ NZZ-Online of November 14, 2003: The Cremated Memory , queried on March 8, 2019

Coordinates: 33 ° 20 '47.2 "  N , 44 ° 23' 4.3"  E