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The ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ also includes the online catalogue of the holdings of the Al-Furqan’s physical Library. It is an electronic bibliographic database which describes the Library items, and the way of accessing them.

The Library Collection represents a cornerstone reference collection on major research areas, including Islamic manuscripts. The major subjects covered are: Qur’anic studies, Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic theology, philosophy, science, medicine, history, geography, art and architecture, and literature; all of them written in the major Islamic languages, including Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Swahili, Gujarati, as well as European languages and Russian. The Library collection also includes multilingual dictionaries, Arabic biographical dictionaries and encyclopaedias, covering the classical period to the present time.

To date, the Library has collected over 11,000 titles in more than 16,000 volumes, on various subjects. Moreover, the Library's collections include almost 1,800 printed Islamic manuscript catalogues in around 2,500 volumes, from over 70 countries.

The library’s holdings are arranged and organised according to the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) for ease of use, while its collection of catalogues of Islamic manuscripts is classified by country.

Country:Egypt
City:St Catherine
Library:St Catherine Monastery Library (Dayr Sant Katarin)

Catalogue raisonné of the Mount Sinai Arabic manuscripts: complete analytical listing of the Arabic collection preserved in the Monastery of St.‎ Catherine on Mt.‎ Sinai
Al-Fahāris al-taḥlīlīyah li-makhṭūṭāt Ṭūr Sīnā al-ʿArabīyah: fahāris kāmilah maʿa dirāsah taḥlīlīyah lil-makhṭūṭāt al-ʿArabīyah bi-Dayr al-Qiddīsah Kātarīnah bi-Ṭūr Sīnā
الفهارس التحليلية لمخطوطات طور سينا العربية : فهارس كاملة مع دراسة تحليلية للمخطوطات العربية بدير القديسة كاترينه بطور سينا

Aziz S.‎ Atiya ; Joseph N.‎ Youssef
تأليف عزيز سوريال عطية ؛ ترجمة جوزيف نسيم يوسف
Publication Details: Date: 1970
Place: Alexandria
الإسكندرية
Publisher: Munshāʾat al-Maʿārif
منشأة المعارف
Physical Description:2 v.‎ (v.‎ 1: 6 p.‎ in English, 602 in Arabic) ; 28 cm.‎
Notes:Library has v.‎1 only describing 300 mss.‎ (See World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts, v.‎1, p.‎ 225)
Language:Arabic, English
الإنجليزية، العربية
Contributors:YOUSSEF, Joseph Nasīm (Translator)
يوسف، جوزيف نسيم (مترجم)
ʿAṬĪYAH, ʿAzīz Suriyāl (Compiler)
عطية، عزيز سوريال (محرر)
Subject:Islamic manuscripts — Union catalogues & Reference works
المخطوطات الإسلامية فهارس موحّدة والمراجع

Item Shelf Details:Location: Catalogue collection
Library ID: 10821 Class Mark: Z6620.E4.S7.S7 Main Accession Number: 1275
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Country:Egypt
City:St Catherine
Library:St Catherine Monastery Library (Dayr Sant Katarin)
Catalogue:Catalogue raisonné of the Mount Sinai Arabic manuscripts: complete analytical listing of the Arabic collection preserved in the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai Al-Fahāris al-taḥlīlīyah li-makhṭūṭāt Ṭūr Sīnā al-ʿArabīyah: fahāris kāmilah maʿa dirāsah taḥlīlīyah lil-makhṭūṭāt al-ʿArabīyah bi-Dayr al-Qiddīsah Kātarīnah bi-Ṭūr Sīnā الفهارس التحليلية لمخطوطات طور سينا العربية : فهارس كاملة مع دراسة تحليلية للمخطوطات العربية بدير القديسة كاترينه بطور سينا
Contact:South Sinai
Telephone:770 945
Date of establishment:Officially established in 1950, but it has been part of the Monastery since it was built in 540 AD.‎
Status:Institutional
Status Details:Christian (Greek Orthodox) monastic library
Condition of access:Researchers and scholars can use the Library with prior approval from the Archbishop.
Total number of Islamic MSS:757 (756 Arabic; 1 Persian) + 1,742 documents in Arabic & Turkish.
Description of Collection:The MSS include Bibles, ecclesiastical writings, theological writings, exegesis, testimonies of the Fathers, essays, historical writings, biographies of saints and general histories of the Church.‎
The MSS are preserved in metal cupboards and safes, or on open metal shelves.‎ Continuous conservation and repair work is carried out by a number of well-trained monks.‎ The MSS are in good condition.‎
The Library contains a valuable collection, including old Arabic MSS written on parchment and the earliest Arabic texts of the Bible.‎ There is also a collection of Arabic and Turkish documents which are of historical importance.‎ Two important MSS are: 1) The Four Gospels in Arabic, on parchment 859 H; 2) Kitab Ṭibb al-ʿUyun by ʿAli ibn ʿIsa, in quasi-Kufic script.‎
Notes: See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.1, p 223.
Published Catalogues:16
Unpublished Catalogues:1