The Al-Awqaf Library is a library located near the

Iraq National Library and Archive The Iraq National Library and Archive (INLA; ar, دار الكتب والوثائق العراقية, ''Dār al-Kutub wa al-Wathā’iq al-‘Irāqiyyah'') is the national library and national archives of Iraq. It is located in the Iraqi capita ...

. It held about 5,000 Islamic manuscripts. It was looted and burnt in the

2003 Iraq War The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...

.Assessment of damage to Libraries and Archives in Iraq
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Libraries in Iraq Defunct libraries Islamic libraries Libraries disestablished in 2003 2003 disestablishments in Iraq {{Iraq-struct-stub

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