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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 Rashid (Rosetta) - Damanhour: El Bohira, Egypt
This catalogue introduces the manuscripts held in Rashid-Damanhour al-Bohira in Egypt. The subjects are varied, including Islamic sciences, such as the sciences of Qurʾān, jurisprudence, Ḥadīth, the sciences of language, morphology, grammar, rhetoric, philosophy, Sufism and poetry.
The introduction will be available in English soon...
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| Contact: | Midan al-SaϹa, Damanhur |
| Telephone: | 337 824 and 337 844 |
| Date of establishment: | 1928 |
| Status: | Institutional |
| Status Details: | Public library |
| Condition of access | Researchers and students must provide a formal letter of introduction. |
| Total number of Islamic MSS: | 255 (Arabic; Turkish/Arabic). |
| Description of Collection: | The collection contains Qurʾans and MSS on awrad, ethics, fiqh, grammar, Ḥadith and Ḥadith terminalogy, language, literature, manṭiq, mawarith, rhetoric and Sufism. Although the collection is not a big one, it contains some relatively old MSS. Most of the MSS, however, were written in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries AH. There are no published catalogues. The collection is kept in wooden cupboards with glass fronts. There are no arrangements for conservation, fumigation or repair. Some of the MSS are worm-eaten. Among the important MSS of the collection are: (i) Taʿrifat al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Jurjani, dated 926 H; (ii) Al-Miṣbaḥ fi 'l-Naḥw by Abu 'l-Fatḥ Naṣir al-Din b. ʿAbd al-Shahid b. ʿAli al-Miṣri, dated 964 H; (iii) Ḥashiya ʿala Sharḥ al-Adab by al-Masʿudi, dated 977 H; (iv) Fatḥ al-Malikal-Jawad bi-Sharḥ Manẓumat Ibn al-ʿImad by Muḥammad al-Ramli al-Anṣari, dated 997 H. |
| Notes: | See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.1, p 220. |
| Published Catalogues: | 0 |
| Unpublished Catalogues: | 1 |
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