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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.

Country:Egypt
City:Cairo
Library:Institute of Arabic Manuscripts (Maʿhad al-Makhṭuṭat al-ʿArabiya)

Catalogue of microfilmed manuscripts in the Institute of Arabic Manuscripts (Arab League)
Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-muṣawwarah fī Maʿhad al-Makhṭūṭāt al-ʿArabīyah
فهرس المخطوطات المصورة في معهد المخطوطات العربية

Fuʾād Sayyid ; Munīr Muḥammad al-Madanī ; Muḥammad Mursī al-Khūlī ; ʿIṣām Muḥammad al-Shanṭī et al.‎
تصنيف فؤاد سيد ؛ منير محمد المدني ؛ محمد مرسي الخولي ؛ عسام محمد الشنطي وآخرون
Publication Details: Date: 1994-1996 (1415-1416)
Place: Cairo
القاهرة
Publisher: Arab League: Institute of Arabic Manuscripts
جامعة الدول العربية : معهد المخطوطات العربية
Physical Description:14 v.‎ (photocopy) ; various sizes.‎
Notes:The catalogues of the microfilmed mss.‎ held in the Arab League are arranged by subject (with the exception of v.‎1 part.‎1).‎ Volume 2, Part 1 & 3 are missing from Our Library.‎ See World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts, v.‎1, p.‎219.‎
Language:Arabic
العربية
Contributors:AL-MADANĪ, Munīr Muḥammad (Compiler)
المدني، منير محمد (محرر)
AL-SHANṬĪ, ʿIṣām Muḥammad (Compiler)
الشنطي، عصام محمد (محرر)
SAYYID, Fuʾād (Compiler)
سيد، فؤاد (محرر)
AL-KHAWLĪ, Muḥammad Mursī (Compiler)
الخولي، محمد مرسي (محرر)
Subject:Islamic manuscripts — Union catalogues & Reference works
المخطوطات الإسلامية فهارس موحّدة والمراجع

Item Shelf Details:Location: Catalogue collection
Library ID: 15187 Class Mark: Z6620.E4.C3.I5 Main Accession Number: 6930
Volume Accession Number:Vol.‎ ISBN:Volume Details:Status:
6930a---v.‎1 - Part 1Available
6930b---v.‎1 - Part 2Available
6930c---v.‎1 - Part 3Available
6930d---v.‎1 - Part 4Available
6930e---v.‎1 - Part 5Available
6930f---v.‎1 - Part 6Available
6930g---v.‎2 - Part 1Missing
6930h---v.‎2 - Part 2Available
6930i---v.‎2 - Part 3Missing
6930k---v.‎3 - Part 1Available
6930l---v.‎3 - Part 2 (pt.‎1)Available
6930m---v.‎3 - Part 2 (pt.‎2)Available
6930j---v.‎2 - Part 4Available
6930n---v.‎3 - Part 3Available
6930o---v.‎3 - Part 4Available
6930p---v.‎4Available
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Country:Egypt
City:Cairo
Library:Institute of Arabic Manuscripts (Maʿhad al-Makhṭuṭat al-ʿArabiya)
Catalogue:Catalogue of microfilmed manuscripts in the Institute of Arabic Manuscripts (Arab League) Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-muṣawwarah fī Maʿhad al-Makhṭūṭāt al-ʿArabīyah فهرس المخطوطات المصورة في معهد المخطوطات العربية
Contact:1 Shihab Street, Mohandiseen, Cairo
Date of establishment:1947
Status:Institutional
Status Details:Affiliated to the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO).
Condition of access:All researchers may use the library and make copies of what they require.
Total number of Islamic MSS:20,000 (Arabic) on microfilm.
Description of Collection:The Institute photographs the rarest and most important MSS all over the world and catalogues both private and public libraries not yet catalogued, combining all of them into a unified catalogue.‎ To this end it has been sending missions to photograph MSS, has requested photographs to be sent by post, and has managed to acquire them also through exchange of gifts in its contact with other bodies and organisations.‎
The microfilmed MSS cover nearly all subjects.‎
Notes: See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.1, p 218.
Published Catalogues:1
Unpublished Catalogues:1