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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:Morocco
City:Fez
Library:Al-Qarawiyin Library

Lāʾiḥat al-makhṭūṭāt al-mawjūdah bi-Khizānat al-Qarawīyīn bi-Fās
لائحة المخطوطات الموجودة بخزانة القرويين بفاس

Khizānat al-Qarawīyīn
خزانة القرويين ؛ قسم الخزانات والوثائق والمخطوطات، مصلحة المخطوطات
Publication Details: Date: 1973-1974
Place: Fez
فاس
Publisher: Wizārat al-Awqāf wa-l-Shuʾūn al-Islāmīyah wa-l-Thaqāfah
وزارة الأوقاف والشوؤن الإسلامية والثقافة
Physical Description:4 parts bound in 1 (photocopy) ; 20 cm.‎
Notes:Year 1973 (issue no.‎ 7 : 48 p.‎ ; issue no.‎ 8 : 92 p.‎ ; issue no.‎ 9 : p.‎ 40-60 ; Year 1974, issue no.‎ 22 : 28 p.‎)
Language:Arabic
العربية
Contributors:KHIZĀNAT AL-QARAWĪYĪN (Fez, Morocco) (Corporate name)
خزانة القرويين (فاس، المغرب) (اسم المؤسسة)
Subject:Islamic manuscripts — Union catalogues & Reference works
المخطوطات الإسلامية فهارس موحّدة والمراجع

Item Shelf Details:Location: Catalogue collection
Library ID: 11287 Class Mark: Z6620.M6.F4.Q3 Main Accession Number: 13180
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Country:Morocco
City:Fez
Library:Al-Qarawiyin Library
Catalogue:Lāʾiḥat al-makhṭūṭāt al-mawjūdah bi-Khizānat al-Qarawīyīn bi-Fās لائحة المخطوطات الموجودة بخزانة القرويين بفاس
Date of establishment:750 AH / 1349 CE
Status:Institutional
Status Details:Public library
Condition of access:Access restricted to research students and fellows and students of universities.
Total number of Islamic MSS:2,030 (Arabic).
Description of Collection:The importance of this library is such that it receives official delegations, scholars and politicians, including kings and heads of state.‎ The manuscripts in this library number 2,030, all of which are in Arabic.‎ In addition to these, there are collections of papers (with numerous gaps and omissions) which still need to be collected, arranged, sorted and catalogued.‎ It should be noted that a significant number of these manuscripts have been completely lost.‎ This much can be deduced by comparing the present contents of the Library with the contents as listed in the original registers.‎
Some of the MSS are in poor condition, being either completely or partially damaged, and require treatment and restoration.‎ The Library also has a collection of various manuscripts which are still kept in special boxes.‎
The manuscripts of the famous al-Qarawiyin Library cover all aspects of scholarship and literature, including Qurʾanic studies, Ḥadith, fiqh, literature, grammar, linguistics, history, geography, medicine, astronomy, physics, chemistry, mathematics, music, as well as other branches of knowledge and literature.‎ The oldest MS.‎ in the Library dates from the seventh Islamic century (13th century CE).‎ In general, the MSS date from the period between the 12th and 19th centuries CE.‎ A significant number of the manuscripts are considered rarities on account of their contribution to scholarship, some being the only extant copies in the world.‎ Some are considered artifacts in their own right because of the high quality of their illumination and the beautiful gilded decoration of their opening pages and margins.‎
Among the important manuscripts of the collection are: (i) al-Bab fi ʿIlm al-Kitab by Ibn ʿAdil Abu Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn ʿAli ibn ʿAdil al-Ḥasani al-Dimashqi, in eight parts; (ii) Kitab al-iktifaʾ bi-ma taḍammanahu min maghazi Rasul Allah ṣalla Allahu ʿalayhi wa-sallam wa-magḥazi al-thalatha al-Khulafa, by al-Kilaʿi Abu 'l-Rabiʿ Sulayman ibn Musa (d.‎ 634 AH), in two parts; (iii) Ṭawaliʿ al-anwar on theology, by al-Qaḍi al-Burhan ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muḥammad al-ʿUbaydali al-Sharif al-Farghani, Qaḍi of Tabriz (d.‎ 743 AH).‎ There are dozens of other manuscripts of great importance.‎ See:
 Maktabat Jāmiʾ al-Qarawīyīn fī Fās.‎ Khazāʾin al-kutub al-ʿArabīya fi 'l-khāfiqayn.‎By Fīlīb Tārrazī.‎Beirut, vol.‎ 1, pp.‎ 230-232.‎
 Khizānat al-Qarawīyīn wa-Nawādiruhā.‎By Muḥammad al-ʿĀbid al-Fāsī.‎Majallat Maʿhad al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʿArabīya / Revue de l'Institut des Manuscrits Arabes 5, pp.‎ 3–16.‎ 1961 – 1962
 Taqrīr ʿan makhṭūṭāt al-ʿArabīya fi 'l-Maghrib.‎ By Maḥmūd ʿAlī Makkī.‎Revista del Instituto de Estudios Islámicos en Madrid / Ṣaḥīfat Maʿhad al-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīya fī Madrid 9–10, pp.‎ 443–459.‎
 Maktabat Jāmiʿ al-Qarawīyīn ʿabr al-tārīkh.‎By Nuzhat Ibnat Al-Khayyāṭ.‎Al-Majalla al-Maghribīya li-l-Tawthīq wa-'l-Maʿlūmāt / Revue Maghrébine de Documentation 3, 1985, pp.‎ 9–25.‎
See also Muḥammad al-Fasi’s union catalogue, 1961, and Benjelloun-Laraoui’s 1990 survey:
 Les bibliothèques au Maroc et quelques-uns de leurs manuscrits les plus rares.‎ By Muḥammad al-Fāsī.‎Hespéris Tamuda 2, pp.‎ 135–144.‎
 Les bibliothèques au Maroc.‎By Latifa Benjelloun-Laraoui.‎ Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose (Islam d'Hier et d'Aujourd'hui, 34).‎ 413pp.‎
Published Catalogues:7
Unpublished Catalogues:1
Online access:http://www.alquaraouiyine.com/