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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:Mali
City:Timbuktu
Library:Centre Ahmad Baba de Tombouctou

Handlist of manuscripts in the Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Historiques Ahmed Baba, Timbuktu
Fihris makhṭūṭāt Markaz Aḥmad Bābā li-l-Tawthīq wa-l-Buḥūth al-Tārīkhīyah bi-Tunbuktū
فهرس مخطوطات مركز أحمد بابا للتوثيق و البحوث التاريخية ُبتنبكتو

Prepared by Various Cataloguers [v.‎1: compiled by Sīdī ʿUmar bin ʿAlī; edited by Julian Johansen ; v.‎2-4 : compiled by a group of librarians at the Centre; edited by ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbās ; v.‎ 5: compiled by a group of librarians at the Centre].‎
إعداد مجموعة مفهرسين [إعداد سيدي عمر بن علي (ج 1) و مجموعة من المكتبيين بالمركز (ج 2-4) ؛ تحرير جوليان يوهانسين (ج 1) و عبد المحسن العباس (ج 2-6)].
Publication Details: Date: 1995-1998 (1416-1419)
Place: London
لندن
Publisher: Al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation
مؤسسة الفرقان للتراث الإسلامي
ISBN: 9781788146760
Physical Description:5 v.‎ ; 24 cm.‎
Notes:Indices in vol.‎ 5.‎ Contents: each volume describes 1,500 titles.‎
Language:Arabic
العربية
Contributors:IBN ʿALĪ, Sīdī ʿUmar (Compiler)
ابن علي، سيدي عمر (محرر)
JOHANSEN, Julian (Compiler)
يوهانسين، جوليان (محرر)
AL-ʿABBĀS, ʿAbd al-Muḥsin (Compiler)
العباس، عبد المحسن (محرر)
Subject:Islamic manuscripts — Union catalogues & Reference works
المخطوطات الإسلامية فهارس موحّدة والمراجع
Manuscripts, Arabic — Mali — Timbuktu — Catalogs

Item Shelf Details:Location: Catalogue collection
Library ID: 9515 Class Mark: Z6620.M34.T5.C4 Main Accession Number: 10299
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Country:Mali
City:Timbuktu
Library:Centre Ahmad Baba de Tombouctou
Catalogue:Handlist of manuscripts in the Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Historiques Ahmed Baba, Timbuktu Fihris makhṭūṭāt Markaz Aḥmad Bābā li-l-Tawthīq wa-l-Buḥūth al-Tārīkhīyah bi-Tunbuktū فهرس مخطوطات مركز أحمد بابا للتوثيق و البحوث التاريخية ُبتنبكتو
Date of establishment:1970
Status:Institutional
Status Details:Public research library
Condition of access:Accessible only to students, researchers and visitors from foreign institutions.
Total number of Islamic MSS:2,174 (Arabic)
Description of Collection:This collection is the largest and best organised in the country.‎ Most of the MSS in the collection were purchased from individuals during the Centre's survey of MSS in Mali over the years.‎ It has also received MSS in the form of donations from individuals, organisations and institutions; and it holds microfilms of MSS from private collections whose owners were unwilling to give them away.‎ It appears that almost all the collections of the country are represented in this way.‎ The Centre's collection has MSS ranging from the 11th to 20th centuries, including hundreds of rare and undated MSS.‎ The rarities include the anonymous Sharḥ Mukhtaṣar Khalil, copied by ʿAbd al-Raḥman ʿAbd Allah, dated 1794; Tarikh al-fattash fi akhbar al-buldan wa-'l-juyush wa-akabir al-nas, undated, by Kaʿti Maḥmud b.‎al-Mutawakkil; Sharḥ Iḍaʾat al-dujunna, undated, by Al-ʿAlawi b.‎ al-ʿAmsh; Kitab al-Fawaʾid al-jalila al-bahiya ʿalá 'l-shamaʾil al-Muḥammadiya, undated, by Muḥammad b.‎ al-Qasim; Ḍiyaʾ al-ḥukkam by ʿAbd Allah b.‎ Fudi, copied by Muḥammad b.‎ Zarruq Asqufari, undated; Kitab Raḥmat al-umma fi ʾkhtilaf al-aʾimma by Al-ʿUthmani Muḥammad, dated 1087.‎ The manuscripts are arranged according to subject-matter in card boxes, stored on glass-fronted wooden and metal shelves.‎ They are housed in a spacious room.‎ The majority of the collection is in perfect physical condition, but there are a few damaged MSS.‎ The distribution of subject-matter is as follows: fatwásfigh 200; theology 165; Sufism 273; Ḥadith 196; Qurʾan and related subjects 230; mysticism 70; logic 228; grammar 180 Jihad 36; medicine 50; astronomy 94; history 96; poetry 89; uṣul 27; mathematics 25; sermons 65.‎
Notes:See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.2, p 287.
Published Catalogues:2
Unpublished Catalogues:1