Ahmed Baba Institute

The Ahmed Baba Institute, officially the Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Learning and Islamic Research, is a library and research centre in . The centre was founded in 1973, with financing primarily from .
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: library and research center in Timbuktu
  • Also known as: “Ahmad Baba Library” and “Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Learning and Islamic Research”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gordon Laing House.

Monument
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is a monument, which is situated 570 metres southwest of Ahmed Baba Institute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Timbuktu.

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is a Tuareg city on the Niger River in the country of . Its long history as a trading outpost that linked black Africa below the Sahara Desert with Berber and Islamic traders throughout north Africa, and thereby indirectly with traders from Europe, has given it a fabled status.

Ahmed Baba Institute

Latitude
16.77639° or 16° 46′ 35″ north
Longitude
-3.00528° or 3° 0′ 19″ west
Elevation
276 metres (906 feet)
Open location code
7C8RQXGV+HV
Geo­Names ID
10346787
Wiki­data ID
Q3815720
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tatar—“Ahmed Baba Institute” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز أحمد بابا”
  • Arabic: “معهد أحمد بابا”
  • Catalan: “Institut Ahmed Baba per a Estudis i Recerca Islàmics Avançats”
  • Chinese: “艾哈迈德·巴巴研究所”
  • Finnish: “Ahmed Baban instituutti”
  • French: “centre de documentation et de recherches Ahmed-Baba”
  • French: “Institut des hautes études et des recherches islamiques Ahmed-Baba”
  • German: “Institut des hautes études et de recherches islamiques Ahmed Baba”
  • Hausa: “Cibiyar Ahmed Baba”
  • Portuguese: “Instituto Ahmed Baba”
  • Romanian: “Institutul Ahmed Baba”
  • Russian: “Институт Ахмеда Бабы”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Ахмад Баба”
  • Serbian: “Институт Ахмед Баба”
  • Serbian: “Институт за високо образовање и исламска истраживања Ахмед Баба”
  • Tatar: “Әхмәт Баба югары ислам уку йорты, китапханәсе һәм тикшеренүләр үзәге”

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