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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.

Rubats in Makkah in the Ottoman Period: A Historical and Cultural Study (923-1334 A.H. / 1517-1915 A.D.)

By Hosain A. Shfiee, Revised by Abbas S. Tashkandy
2005
Arabic
Studies
1
9781788146272*
Book
Hardback
1
375
0.818 kg
*Original ISBN 996096180X previously printed in the book is not valid. Please refer to the new ISBN.

This book is considered to be the first academic documentation of the ribāṭ (ribāṭ, plural for rabṭ, a military-civilian concept of townships on permanent combat readiness) in Makkah during the Ottoman period of 923-1334 A.H. It exhibits 157 ribāṭ, of them 35 were turned into a waqf during that period. The book is characterised by its academic documentation and use of very old sources and manuscripts specific to that period, detailing their operational structures, conditions and types, in addition to statistical analysis of information gathered on those ribāṭ. The author lists a number of important findings as well as suggestions for further studies, in addition to a large appendix that is full of photographs and historical texts.