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Resources
Online Catalogues of Islamic Manuscripts
Useful Reference Tools
ALA/Library of Congress Romanization Tables
Library of Congress Authorities Database
Princeton Arabic Cataloging Manual
Princeton Middle East Catalogers Desktop
Princeton Persian Cataloging Page
UCLA Minasian Manuscripts Project-Public Interface
Online catalogue of manuscripts at Ankara Divinity Faculty
Arts and humanities data service
The Arabic Manuscript Management System
AMMS is a bi-lingual database that was developed at the University of Illinois in the late 1980s to describe a collection of Arabic manuscripts in southern Mauritania (Boutilimit)
Arabic manuscripts from West Africa: A catalogue of the Herskovits Library Collection
Library of Congress online catalogue
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Orientalische und ostasiatische Handschriften
Includes links to fully digitized Islamic manuscripts and scanned versions of print catalogs in pdf format.
Bibliothèque Commémorative Mama Haidara
This is a digitized collection of 206 19th century manuscripts relating to slavery and manumission in Timbuktu.
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: Select Oriental Manuscripts
Digitized Arabic Manuscripts at the AUB Libraries
Islamic Manuscripts at the Islamic International Digital Library
Islamic Manuscripts at the Leipzig University Library
ISMI: Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative
Middle East Manuscripts at University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library Handlist Download PDF (249KB)
Minasian Collection of Persian and Arabic Manuscripts at UCLA Library
Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine
Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture Manuscripts Site
Resources for Arabic Name Authorities
- Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte Der Arabischen Litteratur, Von Carl Brockelmann. Zweite den Supplementbänden angepaßte Auflage. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1943–49.
- —————. Geschichte Der Arabischen Litteratur. Supplementband. Von Carl Brockelmann. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1937.
- An online guide to using Brockelmann: http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/MELANotes/brockelmann.pdf
- Kahhālah, `Umar Ridā. Mu`jam al-Mu'allifīn: Tarajīm Musannifī al-Kutub al-`Arabīyah. Ta'līf `Umar Ridā Kahhālah. Dimashq: al-Maktabah al-`Arabīyah, 1957-61.
- Sarkīs, Yūsuf Ilyān. Mu`jam al-Matbu`āt al-`Arabīyah wa-al-Mu'arrabah̲. Misr: Matba`at Sarkīs, 1346-49/1928-31. (Not officially sanctioned by the Library of Congress, but very useful.
Resources for Persian Authority Control
- Fihrist-i Mustanad-i Asāmī-i Mashāhīr va Mu’allifān. Vīrāyish-i 2. Tihrān: Kitābkhānah-i Millī-i Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān, 1376/1997.
Resources for Ottoman Turkish Authority Control
- Işık İhsan. Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors: People of Literature, Culture and Science. First ed., 3 vols., Elvan Publishing; 4. Ankara: Elvan Yayınlar, 2005.
- Özege, M. Seyfettin. Eski Harflerle Basilmiş Türkçe Eserler Kataloğu. İstanbul: Fatih Yayınevi Matbaası, 1971-1979.
- Tahir, Bursalı Mehmet. Osmanlı Müellifleri. İstanbul: Meral Yayinevi, 1971.