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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 Arabic Manuscripts in Aligarh Muslim University - India
This catalogue describes in two volumes 1003 Arabic manuscripts in the Aligarh Muslim University in India. The catalogue topics cover a wide range of subjects: the various sciences of the Qurʾān, Ḥadīth, the uniqueness of God (tawhīd), creed, jurisprudence, Sufism, and Arabic literature in poetry and prose, history, the Prophets life, biographies, philosophy, science of calculation, engineering and logic.
| Volume | View Vol. 1 (2002) | £30.00 Buy the book |
| View Vol. 2 (2008) | £30.00 Buy the book | |
| Full Set | £34.42 Buy the book |
The introduction will be available in English soon..
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| Date of establishment: | 1877 |
| Status: | Institutional |
| Status Details: | Library attached to the University. |
| Condition of access | Open from Monday to Saturday 9.00 -17.00. |
| Total number of Islamic MSS: | 14,460 (5,126 Arabic; 8,237 Persian; 20 Turkish; 1,077 Urdu). |
| Description of Collection: | The Manuscripts Division consists of the University Collection and also the collections of eleven donors. The most eminent donors are: (i) Janab Subhanullah Khan of Gorakhpur; (ii) Alhaj Moulvi Habibur Rahman Khan Sherwani, Sadaryar Jung of Aligarh; (iii) Janab Abdus Salam Khan of Rampur; (iv) Janab Ahsan Marahravi of Aligarh; (v) Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan of Aligarh. No manuscripts are to be found in the University's Departments of Islamic studies, Shia & Sunni Theology departmental libraries, but there are a few in the Department of History and Ṭibbiya College Libraries. The Maulana Azad Library contains many important and rare Arabic and Persian Manuscripts, of which the details of four are given below: (i) Farsi ʿUlum; nos. 44 and 45 in two Vols. A Persian translation of the Kitab al-Tafhim of al-Biruni, 1st Vol. 135 folios, 2nd Vol. in modern hand 198 folios, dated ʿId al-Fitr 1266 A.H. with figures and diagrams in red in both Volumes. In the University collection. (ii) Tarjumah-ʾi Barahi-i Sanḵẖita: Persian translation of an important Sanskrit work on Astrology/Astronomy by the renowned Indian astronomer Varahamihira. The translation was made at the order of Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq (752–790/ 1351–1388). The translator was ʿAbd al-ʿAziz Shams Nuri (Habibganj collection No. 44 Farsi). (iii) ʿUyun al-ajwiba fi funun al-asʾila: A mystical treatise by Abu 'l-Gasim ʿAbd al-Karim Ibn Hawazin al-Qushayri (d. 465 H/1072). Very rare and old copy, transcribed by the author himself. No other copy of this work exists. No. 21/64, Habibganj collection—29 folios. Title page states that it is the autograph of the author from fol. 5 to fol. 25. (iv) ʿAqa id al-Khawaṣ by Ibn al-ʿArabi (d. 638/1240). Unique MS. not mentioned by Brockelmann. See the description in: Aligarh Muslim University, Maulana Azad Library (manuscripts collection).By Noorul Hasan khan.In: Handbook of Libraries, Archives and information centres in India. Ed. B.M. Gupta, Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, Vol. 9 i, pp. 206–208. |
| Notes: | The library was initially established in the year 1877 with the personal collection of |
| Published Catalogues: | 9 |
| Unpublished Catalogues: | 6 |
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