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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.

Catalogue of Manuscripts in Ghana Libraries

Prepared by Baba Yunus Muhammad, Edited by Ali Abd al-Mohsin Zaki
2000
Arabic
Catalogues
1
9781873992449
1873992440
Book
Hardback
1
396
0.816 kg
ʿAli ʿAbd al-Moḥsin Zaki (Editor)
Baba Yunus Mohammed (Cataloguer)

This catalogue holds listings of collections of manuscripts found in 16 libraries in Ghana, most of them private libraries. The majority of their authors are from Morocco and Andalucía with several local authors. The subjects of the manuscripts varied and cover creed, jurisprudence, Sufism, history, politics, dream interpretation and medicine. They also hold writings which discuss many aspects of Islamic social and political life. Most of the manuscripts are written in the Arabic language, some are written in local languages such as Hawsa, and Fulani.

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