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‘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 Shinqīṭ and Wādān

Prepared by Ahmad Ould Muhammad Yahya, Edited by Ulrich Rebstock
1997
Arabic
Catalogues
1
9781873992234
1873992238
Book
Hardback
1
498
1.048 kg
Ahmad Ould Muhammad Yahya (Cataloguer)
Ulrich Rebstock (Editor)

This catalogue describes 1109 manuscripts which are spread across 12 libraries located in Shinqīṭ and Wādān in Mauritania. The subjects covered in the catalogue are the Qurʾān and its sciences, jurisprudence of the Mālikī school of thought, grammar and morphology. A number of rare and valuable manuscripts were brought from Cairo, the Ḥijāz and the Levant (Shām) while others were brought from Morocco and Andalucía.

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