Causes and Effects of Book Waste in Basra (41- 334 / 661 946 A. H )

Abstract

The reasons Behind loss and damage of books could be subjective , natural , political and religious . The ruling authorities are used to liquidate their supporters and opponents alike right form the beginning by damaging their books and particularly those that contain ideas other than those of the ruling power or its doctrine or information. Therefore , the majority of books damaged by the ruling powers are those written by scholars some of whome are accused of infidelity , atheism and deviation form Islam . Several books were also lost because of the different military attacks against Basrah throughout its history like those of Al – Zinj ( the Blacks ) and Qaramita who destroyed and ruined the city and eradicated its cultural and intellectual features .