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‘Our Library’ databank / collection
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.
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Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh: v. 1 | |||||||||
| prepared by Athar Abbas Rizvi and revised and edited by Mukthar-ud-din Ahmad | |||||||||
| Publication Details: | Date: 1969 | ||||||||
| Place: Aligarh | |||||||||
| Publisher: Aligarh Muslim University | |||||||||
| Physical Description: | xvii, 226 p. ; 22 cm. | ||||||||
| Notes: | Description of 703 mss. related to geography and history, arranged by serial numbers. See: World Survey of Islamic mss., v.1, p. 426. | ||||||||
| Language: | Arabic, English الإنجليزية، العربية | ||||||||
| Contributors: | RIZVI, Athar Abbas (Compiler) رضوي، أثار عباس (محرر) AHMAD, Mukhtār al-Dīn (Editor) | ||||||||
| Subject: | Islamic manuscripts — Union catalogues & Reference works المخطوطات الإسلامية — فهارس موحّدة والمراجع Geography — Manuscripts — India — Aligarh — Catalogs Manuscripts, Persian — India — Aligarh — Catalogs | ||||||||
| Item Shelf Details: | Location: Catalogue collection | ||||||||
| Library ID: 12665 Class Mark: Z6620.I1.A4.M3 Main Accession Number: 6437 | |||||||||
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| Date of establishment: | 1877 |
| Status: | Institutional |
| Status Details: | Library attached to the University. |
| Condition of access: | Open from Monday to Saturday 9.00 -17.00. |
| Total number of Islamic MSS: | 14,460 (5,126 Arabic; 8,237 Persian; 20 Turkish; 1,077 Urdu). |
| Description of Collection: | The Manuscripts Division consists of the University Collection and also the collections of eleven donors. The most eminent donors are: (i) Janab Subhanullah Khan of Gorakhpur; (ii) Alhaj Moulvi Habibur Rahman Khan Sherwani, Sadaryar Jung of Aligarh; (iii) Janab Abdus Salam Khan of Rampur; (iv) Janab Ahsan Marahravi of Aligarh; (v) Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan of Aligarh. No manuscripts are to be found in the University's Departments of Islamic studies, Shia & Sunni Theology departmental libraries, but there are a few in the Department of History and Ṭibbiya College Libraries. The Maulana Azad Library contains many important and rare Arabic and Persian Manuscripts, of which the details of four are given below: (i) Farsi ʿUlum; nos. 44 and 45 in two Vols. A Persian translation of the Kitab al-Tafhim of al-Biruni, 1st Vol. 135 folios, 2nd Vol. in modern hand 198 folios, dated ʿId al-Fitr 1266 A.H. with figures and diagrams in red in both Volumes. In the University collection. (ii) Tarjumah-ʾi Barahi-i Sanḵẖita: Persian translation of an important Sanskrit work on Astrology/Astronomy by the renowned Indian astronomer Varahamihira. The translation was made at the order of Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq (752–790/ 1351–1388). The translator was ʿAbd al-ʿAziz Shams Nuri (Habibganj collection No. 44 Farsi). (iii) ʿUyun al-ajwiba fi funun al-asʾila: A mystical treatise by Abu 'l-Gasim ʿAbd al-Karim Ibn Hawazin al-Qushayri (d. 465 H/1072). Very rare and old copy, transcribed by the author himself. No other copy of this work exists. No. 21/64, Habibganj collection—29 folios. Title page states that it is the autograph of the author from fol. 5 to fol. 25. (iv) ʿAqa id al-Khawaṣ by Ibn al-ʿArabi (d. 638/1240). Unique MS. not mentioned by Brockelmann. See the description in: Aligarh Muslim University, Maulana Azad Library (manuscripts collection).By Noorul Hasan khan.In: Handbook of Libraries, Archives and information centres in India. Ed. B.M. Gupta, Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, Vol. 9 i, pp. 206–208. |
| Notes: | The library was initially established in the year 1877 with the personal collection of |
| Published Catalogues: | 9 |
| Unpublished Catalogues: | 6 |
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