The Al-Mufahris database has grown from about 1.6 million records at launch (2024) to more than 2 million. Notable parts:
- Turkey: more than 350,000 manuscripts from Turkish libraries.
- Iran: more than 500,000 records, including the complete second edition of the Dena catalogue and volumes 50–63 of the Mar'ashi Najafi Library catalogue.
- Yemen: the September 2026 update added more than 29,000 records from dozens of libraries and collections; the largest are the “Dar al-Makhtutat and Western Library at the Great Mosque” (10,192), the “Al-Ahqaf library” (7,368), the “Great Mosque library” (4,507) and the “Imam Zayd” collection (2,910).
- Russia: about 11,000 records of Arabic manuscripts from the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts in St Petersburg, reflecting valuable cataloguing work, notably that of Khalidov.
- Other regions: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Africa, India and scattered centres.
These updates also removed duplicate records and added new fields and fuller physical descriptions to the record card. To search within one collection, choose the country (for example “Russia”), or, on the Researcher plan, type the library name in the library field.
