It is fascinating that Baghdad had more than 100 public libraries in the year 891, Cordoba had 70 public libraries at the end of 10th century, while the royal library of Caliph al-‘ Aziz, in the year 988, of the Fatimids in Cairo perhaps had more than 100, 000 volumes collection arranged in classified order.

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