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‘Our Publications’ databank / collection
‘Our Publications’ collection is a bibliographic database of the Foundation's own publications. These works are the outcome of prominent research projects and events carried out by the three centres of the Foundation, i.e. the ‘Manuscripts Centre’, the ‘Mawsoa Centre’ and the ‘Maqasid Centre’.
This collection was added to the ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ to enrich the user research experience. The collection is continuously updated, and currently contains over 200 works in over 400 volumes. These cover both introductory and advanced topics discussed and presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Islamic written heritage.
It also includes many popular and heavily cited publications, as well as award winning works, such as the critical edition of al-Isfizāri’s book which deals with the field of mechanics, known as “the sciences of weights and mechanical devices” (‘Ilmay al-Athqāl wal-Ḥiyal). Other popular items include works by the late famous scholar Annemarie Schimmel, such as The Secrets of Creative Love (1998) and Islam and the Wonders of Creation(2003); and many other highly demanded references, including the unique Encyclopaedia of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah.
Handlist of Manuscripts in the Library of Makkah al-Mukarramah: Qurʾān and Qurʾānic Sciences
This catalogue describes 98 manuscripts and epistles (rasāʾil) held in the section “Qurʾān and its sciences” in the library of Makkah. The catalogue focusses on the sciences of the Qurʾān, including the variant Qurʾān readings (qirāʾāt).
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| Contact: | Suq al-Layl, Mecca |
| Telephone: | 02/5741812 |
| Date of establishment: | 1379/1959 |
| Status: | Institutional |
| Status Details: | Public library (governmental) |
| Condition of access | Open to all readers. MSS can be consulted within the library. Photographic copies can be made after obtaining authorization from the Ministry of Ḥaij and Endowments. The library is open throughout the week except Thursdays and Fridays. |
| Total number of Islamic MSS: | 1,200. |
| Description of Collection: | The library has suffered from neglect in the past. Now, under the patronage of the Ministry of Ḥajj and Endowments, it is in better condition. MSS in need of binding have been bound. However, some MSS require repair and periodic decontamination. The MSS cover various fields: copies of the Qurʾan, recitation, tafsir, Qurʾanic sciences, Ḥadith and related sciences, jurisprudence, doctrine, Arabic language sciences, literature, history, biography and Sufism. A limited number of MSS deal with astronomy, arithmetic, medicine and geography. Most MSS were copied between the 10th and 13th centuries AH, but there are some from the 8th and 9th centuries. There is a rare collection of ornamented Qurʾans in fine calligraphic hands. The holdings of the library include some famous private collections of Mecca which have been donated to it, such as that of Shaykh Muḥammad Majid al-Kurdi (d. 1349 AH). Rarities include Mabariq al-anwar fi sharḥ Mashariq al-Anwar by ʿAbd al-Laṭif al-Ḥanafi (dated 832 AH) and Bahjat al-Nufus wa-Taḥliyatuha wa-bayan ma Laha wa-ma ʿalayha by ʿAbd Allah ibn Saʿd al-Andalusi (Maghribi script). See: Maktabat Makka al-Mukarrama. By ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Duhaysh.ʿĀlam al-Kutub, 6 iv, 1406/1985, pp. 491–493. Makkah al-Mukarramah Library. By Abdul Latif Ibn Dohaish [ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Ibn Duhaysh].Pakistan Library Bulletin 18 ii–iii, 1987, pp. 7–11. See also 1988 article and monograph by Ibn Duhaysh (under General): Libraries at Makkah al-Mukarramah. By Abdul Latif Ibn Dohaish [ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Ibn Duhaysh].Pakistan Library Bulletin 19 i, 1988, pp. 21–25. Al-maktabāt al-khāṣṣa fi Makka al-Mukarrama.By ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Duhaysh.Mecca, 1408/1988. 56pp. |
| Notes: | See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.3, p 19. |
| Published Catalogues: | 3 |
| Unpublished Catalogues: | 1 |
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