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‘Manuscripts’ databank / collection

The ‘Manuscripts’ databank / collection presents a large amount of bibliographical records of Islamic manuscripts.

The Foundation concentrated its efforts - at first - in digitising the manuscript collections that were catalogued and published by itself (over 83,000 records, from just over 80 libraries, in 18 countries)

After completing the digitisation of these collections, the Foundation established cooperation bridges with different institutions and libraries around the world, which resulted in hosting their respective manuscript collection bibliographic data within the Foundation’s Digital Library. All this, with the aim of creating an ultimate gateway to the Islamic written heritage, making it easier for scholars and researchers in this field to reach the required bibliographic data in real time and by ‘one click’.

The Al-Furqan Digital Library currently holds around 165,000 manuscript records; and, it is a continuously and rapidly growing platform.


Country:Egypt
City:Cairo
Library:Dar al-Kutub al-Qawmiya (al-Miṣriya) (Egyptian National Library)
Catalogue:Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in The Egyptian National Library (Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣriyyah) - Collections (Majāmīʿ)
Dar al-Kutub al-Qawmiya (al-Miṣriya) (Egyptian National Library)
Group Details
Sub Libraryدار الكتب المصرية
Classmarkمجاميع 144


Manuscript Details
   
Manuscript IdCC 75083
Titleالرد على أهل الأهواء والبدع
Authorأبو حفص الكبير.
Subjectعلم الكلام، الملل والنحل.
Date compiledNot available
CopyistNot identified
Number of folios19
Lines27
Size26cm × 18cm
ScriptFārsī
LanguageArabic
Incipitالحمد لله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين... قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ««إن بني إسرائيل تفرقت على اثنتين وسبعين فرقة هلكت إحدى وسبعون وتخلصت فرقة¬¬
Explicitوإطلاعهم على الأصول والفروع وتمسكوا بهذه الطريقة وتبرءوا عما سواها من البدع. وقد أوضحنا من الآيات والأخبار. والحمد لله الملك العلام
Custodianالسلطان قايتباي.
Notes & Commentsرقم الميكروفيلم: 5097.
Libraryمصر (القاهرة) - دار الكتب
Classmarkمجاميع 144، الرسالة رقم 7 (من ص 112 إلى ص 130)


Manuscripts in Collection
Manuscript
ID
ClassmarkRisala No.Part
Number
Total partsTitle
00910941المواهب السنية في أحكام الوصية
00744462القول المبدع في شرح المقنع
00791372تعريف أهل التقديس بمراتب الموصوفية بالتدليس
00721583الجواب عن حال الحديث المشهور ماء زمزم لما شرب له
00795393كفاية القنوع في اختصار المجموع
00776734ترتيب كتاب المجموع في علم الفرائض
00794405كشف الغوامض في علم الفرائض
00798116اللمعة الشمسية على التحفة القدسية
00750837الرد على أهل الأهواء والبدع
Country:Egypt
City:Cairo
Library:Dar al-Kutub al-Qawmiya (al-Miṣriya) (Egyptian National Library)
Catalogue:Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in The Egyptian National Library (Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣriyyah) - Collections (Majāmīʿ)
Dar al-Kutub al-Qawmiya (al-Miṣriya) (Egyptian National Library)
Contact:121 Nile Corniche, RAMLET BOULAK، Boulaq, Cairo Governorate
Telephone:+20 2 25750886
Date of establishment:1870, in Darb al-Gamamiz; moved in 1904 to Ahmad Mahir Square, Bab Al-Khalq.‎
Status:Institutional
Status Details:National library, affiliated to the General Egyptian Book Organisation, Ministry of Culture.
Condition of access:The library can be used by any Egyptian or foreigner without any conditions.
Total number of Islamic MSS:50,755 (47,065 Arabic; 996 Persian; 2,150 Turkish).
Description of Collection:In 1876, the Qawalla Library and the Musṭafa Faḍil Library were incorporated into it: subsequently a number of private libraries were incorporated, the most important being Al-Khizana al-Taymuriya, Maktabat al-Shanqiṭi, Maktabat al-Ḥusayni, Maktabat al-Shaykh Muḥammad ϹAbduh, Al-Maktaba al-Zakiya, Maktabat Ḥalim Pasha, Maktabat Khalil Agha, Maktabat Makram.‎
The MSS are in a separate storeroom, placed on metal stands.‎ The Repair Centre of the Organisation undertakes continuous conservation work and the treatment of any damage which becomes apparent in the collection.‎ In the storeroom there is a need to install air-conditioning and ventilation equipment and also to deal with the level of relative humidity, which exceeds the average required by MSS.‎
The MSS collection in Dar al-Kutub is regarded as one of the largest and most important in the world.‎ It contains priceless and rare MSS from the Islamic heritage, especially from the first four centuries AH, as well as extremely rare illustrated MSS unmatched anywhere else in the world.‎ There is a high proportion of MSS copied in the early centuries of Islam.‎
Nearly all subjects are covered.‎
Notes: See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.1, p 212.
Published Catalogues:36
Unpublished Catalogues:4
Online access:http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/index.html