ISLAMIC ARCHIVESAn Enquiry into the Destruction of the Ancient Alexandrian LibraryShiblī Nuʿmānī

Original title: کتب خانہ اسکندریہ
Language: Urdu
Type: Essay
Rights: Read at the source · Original text in the public domain in most countries (author d. 1914); later translations may still be in copyright.

An Enquiry into the Destruction of the Ancient Alexandrian Library

کتب خانہ اسکندریہ

A historical essay rejecting the story that the caliph 'Umar ordered the burning of the Library of Alexandria; an English translation appeared in 1893.

Keywords: Kutub Khana-e-Iskandariya, Library of Alexandria, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, Orientalism

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (English translation, 1893, public-domain scan)

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Nuʿmānī, Shiblī. An Enquiry into the Destruction of the Ancient Alexandrian Library. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/shibli-nomani-an-enquiry-into-the-destruction-of-the-ancient/