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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 Shebeen El-Koom - Egypt
This catalogue presents descriptions of 282 manuscripts that are held in the library of Shebeen El-Koom in Egypt. It covers areas of creed, jurisprudence, the sciences of Ḥadīth, Sufism, language, logic, philosophy (ʿilm al-Kalām) and other subjects. Amongst its collections are manuscripts considered rare because of the small number of copies held in world libraries, or because they were written by the authors themselves. In addition, there are other important manuscripts of relevant artistic value, for their manufacture and binding.
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| Telephone: | 321 648 |
| Date of establishment: | 1927 |
| Status: | Institutional |
| Status Details: | Public library |
| Total number of Islamic MSS: | 198 (Arabic). |
| Description of Collection: | The collection contains Qurʾans and MSS on most of the religious and legal sciences, education, grammar, history, literature, logic, philosophy, principles of research, rhetoric, mathematics, Sufism and composition (waḍʿ). They were mostly written in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries AH, but a few are from the 10th and 11th centuries. The collection is kept in a large hall which houses all the holdings of the library. The MSS are in a wooden cupboard with glass doors and are occasionally fumigated. Apart from that there is no conservation or repair work, and some MSS have been affected by worms. Among the important MSS of the collection are: (i) ʿUddat al-Ḥiṣn al-Ḥaṣin min Kalam Sayyid al-Mursalin, by Shams al-Din Muḥammad ibn Muhammad al-Jazari (d. 833 H), dated 879 H; (ii) Al-Fawaʾid al-Ḍiyaʾiya by ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jami, dated 945 H; (iii) Sharḥ Kamal Basha ʿala 'l-Sirajiya fi 'l-Faraʾiḍ by Kamal Basha-Zadah, dated 970 H; (iv) Durar al-Ḥukkam fi Sharḥ Ghurar al-Aḥkam by Mulla Khusraw, dated 995 H |
| Notes: | See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.1, p 226. |
| Published Catalogues: | 1 |
| Unpublished Catalogues: | 2 |
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