House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo

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Fatimid institution Islamic scholarly institution center of learning library medieval educational institution

The House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo was a major Fatimid-era intellectual and educational institution that served as a center for scholarship, teaching, and the preservation of books and sciences in the medieval Islamic world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dar al-Ilm (House of Knowledge) in Cairo 1
Dar al-ʿIlm (House of Knowledge) 1
House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Fatimid institution ⓘ
Islamic scholarly institution ⓘ
center of learning ⓘ
library ⓘ
medieval educational institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Al-Azhar University ⓘ
surface form: Dār al-ʿIlm

House of Wisdom ⓘ
surface form: Dār al-Ḥikma

House of Knowledge ⓘ
House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo ⓘ
surface form: House of Wisdom (Fatimid Cairo)
associatedWithCaliphate Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Fatimid dynasty
country Egypt ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Hadith studies ⓘ
Islamic law ⓘ
Qur'anic exegesis ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
grammar ⓘ
literature ⓘ
logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasCollection books ⓘ
literary works ⓘ
philosophical treatises ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
scientific works ⓘ
hasFunction academy ⓘ
lecture hall ⓘ
library ⓘ
repository of manuscripts ⓘ
scriptorium ⓘ
historicalEra Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Fatimid era
historicalPeriod medieval Islamic period ⓘ
influenced Islamic intellectual life in Cairo ⓘ
Isma'ili scholarship ⓘ
medieval Islamic education ⓘ
languageOfInstruction Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
partOf Fatimid cultural policy ⓘ
purpose copying of manuscripts ⓘ
preservation of books ⓘ
promotion of Fatimid-Isma'ili doctrine ⓘ
scholarly research ⓘ
teaching ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Ismaili Shia ⓘ
surface form: Isma'ili Shi'a Islam

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al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah → patronOf → House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo ⓘ
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah → notableInstitutionFounded → House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dar al-Ilm (House of Knowledge) in Cairo
House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo → alsoKnownAs → House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Wisdom (Fatimid Cairo)
Fatimid Cairo → notableInstitution → House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dar al-ʿIlm (House of Knowledge)