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Databases & Sources

The catalogues and sources from which Al-Mufahris data is compiled. This list keeps growing.

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Princeton University Library

The Garrett collection of Islamic manuscripts is one of the richest in the West, with catalogues available digitally.

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YEK – Turkish Manuscripts Institution

The Yazma Eserler Kurumu gathers catalogue records for hundreds of thousands of manuscripts held in Turkish libraries.

Diyanet

The library of the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs and its holdings of Islamic manuscripts and printed works.

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Iranian manuscript catalogues

Iranian-manuscript records have passed 500,000; our database has grown to include, and surpass, important sources, among them the complete second edition of the Dena catalogue and the data of volumes 50 to 63 of the Mar’ashi Najafi Library catalogue.

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Yemeni libraries

The new update added a large number of manuscripts from Yemeni libraries, 29,009 records in all from dozens of libraries and collections, among them: Dar al-Makhtutat and the 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). The full list is in the article.

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Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (St Petersburg, Russia)

This institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a world centre for preserving humanity’s heritage; its collection holds thousands of rare Arabic manuscripts in history, literature and the sciences. About 11,000 records for Arabic titles were added; search by choosing the country “Russia” or by typing the institute’s name in the library field (Researcher plan).

More catalogues will be added over time.