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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:Algeria
City:Algiers
Library:Wizārat al-Shuʾūn al-Dīnīya (Ministry of Religious Affairs)

Catalogue des manuscrits arabes conservés dans les principales bibliothèques algériennes: Grande Mosquée d'Alger (rue de la Marine)
Fahrasat al-kutub al-makhṭūṭah al-maḥfūẓah fī Khizānat al-Jāmiʿ al-Aʿẓam bi-al-Jazāʾir
فهرسة الكتب المخطوطة المحفوظة في خزانة الجامع الأعظم بالجزائر

par Mohammed Ben Cheneb
Publication Details: Date: 1909
Place: Algiers
Publisher: Typographie Adolphe Jourdan
Physical Description:xx, 111 p.‎ in French, 19 p.‎ in Arabic ; 28 cm.‎
Notes:Subject catalogue of 106 Arabic mss.‎, presently housed at the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Wizārat al-shuʾūn al-dīnīyah).‎ Includes index of titles in Arabic.‎ See World Survey of Islamic Mss.‎, v.‎4, p.‎8.‎
Language:Arabic, French
العربية، الفرنسية
Contributors:BEN CHENEB, Mohammed (Compiler)
ابن أبي شنب، محمد بن العربي (محرر)
Subject:Islamic manuscripts — Union catalogues & Reference works
المخطوطات الإسلامية فهارس موحّدة والمراجع

Item Shelf Details:Location: Catalogue collection
Library ID: 9136 Class Mark: Z6620.A4.A4.W5 Main Accession Number: 9716
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Country:Algeria
City:Algiers
Library:Wizārat al-Shuʾūn al-Dīnīya (Ministry of Religious Affairs)
Catalogue:Catalogue des manuscrits arabes conservés dans les principales bibliothèques algériennes: Grande Mosquée d'Alger (rue de la Marine) Fahrasat al-kutub al-makhṭūṭah al-maḥfūẓah fī Khizānat al-Jāmiʿ al-Aʿẓam bi-al-Jazāʾir فهرسة الكتب المخطوطة المحفوظة في خزانة الجامع الأعظم بالجزائر
Telephone:021.60.88.20 / 021.60.83.46 / 021.60.81.62 / 021.60.85.55
Date of establishment:Unknown
Status:Institutional
Status Details:Public library
Total number of Islamic MSS:479.
Description of Collection:The collections of the Great Mosque and the Barwāqīya Mosque of Medéa (249 MSS) are housed here.‎ The Ministry intends to add to its collection by incorporating the holdings of other mosque libraries in the near future.‎ The MSS are arranged by subjects (Qurʾān, tafsīr, usūl al-fiqh, Ḥanafī and Mālikī fiqh, tawḥīd, ethics, grammar).‎ Important MSS in this collection include:
(i) Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, written on parchment, with gilt ornamentation.‎ Only parts 1 and 12 remain; these bear a taḥbīs (waqf) stamp dated Muḥarram 1043 AH [1633].‎
(ii) Al-ʿUlūm al-fākhira fī 'l-naẓar fī umūr al-ākhira by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b.‎ Makhlūf al-Thaʿālibī, in Mashriqī script.‎
(iii) Tanwīr al-maqāla fī ḥall lafẓ al-Risāla by Muḥammad b.‎ Ibrāhīm al-Tatāʾī.‎
Notes:See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.4, p 8.
Published Catalogues:3
Unpublished Catalogues:1