Dar al-Mandumah provides access to a series of databases with full-text content of Arabic scientific conferences, dissertations and academic journals from 1921 to present day. Most of the content available is in the Arts and Humanities covering topics such as religion, history, literature, and more. EduSearch: contains Arabic journals and conference research papers and seminars for education and social research with coverage period starting in 1928. HumanIndex: contains academic journals, conference and seminars specialized in Humanities. Islamic Info: is a database specialized in Islamic and Legal Studies. AraBase: an Arabic language database that focuses on Arabic language sciences and literature. EcoLink: a database specialized in Economic and Management Studies. Mandumah Dissertations: a database of theses and dissertations from Arab researchers and students in various academic disciplines
The first and basic reference for the Arab researcher in all sciences and academic disciplines, and it is a database specializing in Arab university theses (scientific theses)

"Brill's Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022 is the electronic version of the book publication program of Brill in the field of Middle East and Islamic Studies in 2022. Coverage: Islam, History, Culture, Language, Philosophy, Theology, Mysticism, Social and Political studies"

The Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME) offers free and open access to the rich cultural legacy of the Middle East and North Africa. It brings together collections from a wide range of cultural heritage institutions. Developed by CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources] and Stanford Libraries. The platform federates and makes accessible data about collections from around the world

The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia is one of the most important European primary sources for the study of the modern Gulf region from the 17th to the early 20th century. The Gazetteer offers the fullest account of the state of knowledge of the region in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and as such is both an unique and important tool for researchers. In addition to Lorimer's famous Gazetteer, this online reference work also contains official documents in Arabic and English and includes reports about the region published by various departments of the British Government

"From the Ottoman Empire to the Arab Spring, the countries of the Middle East and North Africa have witnessed their fair share of history. The Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers collection includes publications from across this dynamic region, providing unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present. Key topics include the decline of colonialism, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Suez Crisis, the Cold War, the rise of the petroleum industry, twentieth-century pan-Arab movements, both World Wars, the establishment of the state of Israel, the Iran-Iraq War, and the recent Arab Spring."--Publisher's description

MEMO-4 offers 150 manuscripts that form the collection of Rafi' Shamghudi (1863-1932), a famous scholar and bibliophile from Shangoda, a town in central Dagestan. The collection, which consists of texts in Arabic and Persian, includes copies from the Timurid period. All metadata is LoC-compliant

"This Online Companion to the book, al-Muwaṭṭaʼ - Recension of Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā (d. 234/848) by Mālik b. Anas (translated and edited by Mohammad Fadel and Connell Monette) (Program in Islamic Law/Harvard University Press, 2019), enables readers to explore the Muwaṭṭaʼ in greater detail, along with its place in Islamic legal history and the history of the medieval scholars who helped preserve it and transmit it to later generations. First and foremost, this Online Companion serves as a resource for introducing interested readers to the translation of this core work of Islamic law's founding period by including an online introduction to the print translation of the Royal Moroccan Edition of the Muwaṭṭaʼ, excerpts of the the English translation itself, and supplemental materials that will provide further biographical and historical background to the people, events, and ideas that inform the legal texts. In time, this Companion will also feature a searchable online version of the Arabic text of the Royal Moroccan Edition (drawn from multiple manuscripts and edited by a team of Moroccan scholars)."--Home page

"Software for studying, searching, and exploring the Qur'an, its text, history, and formation"--Publisher's description
Includes text of 313 Qur'an manuscripts, several English translations, and a wide range of tools for analyzing and comparing texts and versions

Manuscripts of the Muslim World includes digital editions of more than 500 manuscripts and 827 paintings from the Islamicate world broadly construed. Together these holdings represent in great breadth the flourishing intellectual and cultural heritage of Muslim lands from 1000 to 1900, covering mathematics, astrology, history, law, literature, as well as the Qur'an and Hadith. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts in Arabic and Persian, along with examples of Coptic, Samaritan, Syriac, Turkish, and Berber. The primary partners are Columbia University, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania with signifiant contributions from Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. This collection is funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources

"The Miras Maktoob Persian e-book collection consists of 249 volumes (189 works) originally published by the Written Heritage Research Institute (Miras Maktoob), a non-governmental organisation in Tehran. These e-books, which are exclusively available from Brill, include works in both Persian and Arabic on Islamic history and culture in the broadest sense"--Publisher's description

• Introduction I. The task of literary history II. Sources and earlier accounts of the literary history of the Arabs III. Division of the history of Arabic literature First Book. The national literature of the Arabs First Section. From the beginnings until the appearance of Muhammad
• Chapter 1. The Arabic language
• Chapter 2. The beginnings of poetry
• Chapter 3. Forms of Arabic poetry
• Chapter 4. General characteristics of ancient Arabic poetry
• Chapter 5. The transmission of Arabic poetry
• Chapter 6. The sources for our knowledge of ancient Arabic poetry
• Chapter 7. The six poets
• Chapter 8. Other poets of pre-Islamic times
• Chapter 9. Jewish and Christian poets before Islam
• Chapter 10. The beginnings of Arabic prose Second Section. Muhammad and his time
• Chapter 1. Muhammad the Prophet
• Chapter 2. The Qur'an
• Chapter 3. Labid and al-A'sha
• Chapter 4. Hassan b. Thabit
• Chapter 5. Ka'b b. Zuhayr
• Chapter 6. Mutammin b. Nuwayra
• Chapter 7. Al-Khansa'
• Chapter 8. Abu Mihjan and al-Hutay'a
• Chapter 9. Minor poets
• Chapter 10. Two forgeries Third Section. The period of the Umayyads
• Chapter 1. General characteristics
• Chapter 2. 'Umar b. Abi Rabi'a
• Chapter 3. Other poets in Arabia
• Chapter 4. Al-Akhtal
• Chapter 5. Al-Farazdaq
• Chapter 6. Jarir
• Chapter 7. Dhu l-Rumma
• Chapter 8. The rajaz poets
• Chapter 9. Minor poets
• Chapter 10. Prose writing at the time of the Umayyads Second Book. Islamic literature in the Arabic language First section. The Classical period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Poetry A. The poets of Baghdad B. Poets of Iraq and the Jazira C. Poets from Arabia and Syria D. The circle of Sayf al-Dawla E. Egyptian and North African poets
• Chapter 3. Rhymed prose
• Chapter 4. Philology I. The School of Basra II. The School of Kufa III. The School of Baghdad IV. Linguistics in Persia and the East V. Linguistics in Egypt and Spain
• Chapter 4. Historiography 1. The life of Muhammad 2. Urban history 3. The history of the pre-Islamic Arabs 4. Imperial and world history 5. Cultural and literary history 6. The history of Egypt and North Africa 7. The history of Spain
• Chapter 5. Belles lettres in prose
• Chapter 6. Hadith
• Chapter 7. Fiqh 1. The Hanafis 2. The Malikis 3. The Shafi'is 4. The lesser schools 5. The Shi'a 1. The Zaydis 2. The Imamis
• Chapter 8. Sciences of the Qur'an 1. The reading of the Qur'an 2. Qur'anic exegesis
• Chapter 9. Dogmatics
• Chapter 10. Mysticism
• Chapter 11. The translators
• Chapter 12. Philosophy
• Chapter 13. Mathematics
• Chapter 14. Astronomy and astrology
• Chapter 15. Geography
• Chapter 16. Medicine
• Chapter 17. Natural and occult sciences
• Chapter 18. Encyclopaedias Second Section. The post-Classical period of Islamic literature from ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258
• Chapter 1. Poetry A. Poets of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Jazira B. Persian poets C. Syrian poets D. Arabian poets E. Egyptian poets F. North African and Sicilian poets G. Spanish poets
• Chapter 2. Rhymed prose and stylistics
• Chapter 3. Philology 1. Philology in Iraq 2. Philology in Persia and neighbouring countries 3. Philology in Syria 4. Philology in South Arabia 5. Philology in Egypt 6. Philology in North Africa and Sicily 7. Philology in Spain
• Chapter 4. Historiography 1. Individual biographies 2. Histories of dynasties 3. Histories of individuals and genealogies 4. Local history A. Baghdad B. Damascus C. Jerusalem D. Aleppo E. Dunaysir F. South Arabia G. Jurjan H. Egypt I. The Maghrib J. Spain 5. Histories of the caliphs and world history 6. Histories of prophets
• Chapter 5. Belles lettres in prose
• Chapter 6. Hadith 1. Iraq, the Jazira, Syria, and Arabia 2. Persia 3. Egypt and North Africa 4. Spain
• Chapter 7. Fiqh 1. The Hanafis 2. The Malikis 3. The Shafi'is 4. The Hanbalis 5. The Zahiris and Almohads 6. The Shi'a A. The Zaydis B. The Imamis
• Chapter 8. The sciences of the Qur'an 1. The art of reading the Qur'an 2. Qur'anic exegesis
• Chapter 9. Dogmatics
• Chapter 10. Mysticism
• Chapter 11. Philosophy and politics
• Chapter 12. Mathematics
• Chapter 13. Astronomy
• Chapter 14. Geography and travelogues
• Chapter 15. Medicine
• Chapter 16. A. Natural sciences and technology B. Games, sports, and war C. Music
• Chapter 17. Occult sciences
• Chapter 18. Encyclopaedias and polyhistors.
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• Preface Note to the Reader Transcription Third Book: The Decline of Islamic Literature First Section From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selim I in the Year 1517 Introduction
• Chapter 1. Egypt and Syria
• Chapter 2. Iraq and al-Jazira
• Chapter 3. North Arabia
• Chapter 4. South Arabia
• Chapter 5. Iran and Turan
• Chapter 6. India
• Chapter 7. The Turks of Rum and the Ottomans
• Chapter 8. North Africa
• Chapter 9. Spain Second Section From the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selim I in 1517 to the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt in 1798
• Chapter 1. Egypt and Syria
• Chapter 2. Al-Jazira, Iraq, and Bahrain
• Chapter 3. North Arabia
• Chapter 4. South Arabia
• Chapter 5. Oman, East Africa, and Abyssinia
• Chapter 6. Iran and Turan
• Chapter 7. India
• Chapter 8. The Malay Archipelago
• Chapter 9. Rumelia and Anatolia
• Chapter 10. The Maghreb
• Chapter 11. The Sudan Third Section From the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt Until the British Occupation
• Chapter 1. Egypt
• Chapter 2. Syria
• Chapter 3. Mesopotamia and Iraq
• Chapter 4. North Arabia
• Chapter 5. South Arabia
• Chapter 6. Oman
• Chapter 7. Persia
• Chapter 8. Afghanistan
• Chapter 9. India
• Chapter 10. Ceylon, Farther India, and the Malay Archipelago
• Chapter 11. Istanbul
• Chapter 12. Russia
• Chapter 13. The Maghreb
• Chapter 14. The Sudan Appendix. A Selective Listing of Authors of Unknown Place and Date, in Alphabetical Order 1 Poetry 2 Rhymed Prose and Popular Literature 3 Philology 4 Historiography 5 Hadith 6 Fiqh 7 Sciences of the Qur'an 8 Dogmatics and Polemics 9 Mysticism and Edifying Works 10 Philosophy and Politics 11 Mathematics and Astronomy 12 Geography and Cosmography 13 Medicine 14 Eroticism 15 Natural Sciences and Technology 16 Alchemy 17 Music 18 Sports 19 Occult Sciences 20 Encyclopaedias.
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• Preface Note to the Reader Transcription Introduction I The Task of Literary History II Sources and Earlier Accounts of the Literary History of the Arabs III Division of the History of Arabic Literature First Book: The National Literature of the Arabs First Section From the Beginnings until the Appearance of Muhammad
• Chapter 1. The Arabic Language
• Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Poetry
• Chapter 3. The Forms of Arabic Poetry
• Chapter 4. The Nature of Ancient Arabic Poetry
• Chapter 5. The Transmission of Arabic Poetry
• Chapter 6. Sources for our Knowledge of Ancient Arabic Poetry
• Chapter 7. The Six Poets
• Chapter 8. Other Poets of Pre-Islamic Times
• Chapter 9. Jewish and Christian Poets before Islam
• Chapter 10. The Beginnings of Arabic Prose Second Section Muhammad and His Time
• Chapter 1. Muhammad the Prophet
• Chapter 2. The Qur'an
• Chapter 3. Labid and al-A'sha
• Chapter 4. Hassan b. Thabit
• Chapter 5. Ka'b b. Zuhayr
• Chapter 6. Mutammim b. Nuwayra
• Chapter 7. Al-Khansa'
• Chapter 8. Abu Mihjan and al-Khutay'a
• Chapter 9. Minor Poets
• Chapter 10. Pseudo-'Alid Literature Third Section The Period of the Umayyads
• Chapter 2. 'Umar b. Abi Rabi'a
• Chapter 3. Other Poets in Arabia
• Chapter 4. Al-Akhtal
• Chapter 5. Al-Farazdaq
• Chapter 6. Jarir
• Chapter 7. Dhu l-Rumma
• Chapter 9. Minor Poets
• Chapter 10. Prose Writing at the Time of the Umayyads Second Book: Islamic Literature in the Arabic Language First Section The Classical Period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000
• Chapter 2. Poetry Chapter 2a. Rhymed Prose
• Chapter 3. Philology
• Chapter 4. Historiography
• Chapter 5. Popular Literature in Prose and Works for General Education
• Chapter 6. Hadith
• Chapter 7. Fiqh
• Chapter 8. Qur'anic Sciences
• Chapter 9. Dogmatics
• Chapter 10. Mysticism
• Chapter 12. Philosophy
• Chapter 13. Mathematics
• Chapter 14. Astronomy and Astrology
• Chapter 15. Geography
• Chapter 16. Medicine
• Chapter 17. Natural and Occult Sciences, Varia
• Chapter 18. Encyclopaedias Second Section The post-Classical Period of Islamic Literature, from ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258 Introduction
• Chapter 1. Poetry
• Chapter 2. Rhymed Prose and Stylistics
• Chapter 3. Philology
• Chapter 4. Historiography
• Chapter 5. Belles lettres in Prose
• Chapter 6. Hadith
• Chapter 7. Fiqh
• Chapter 8. Qur'anic sciences
• Chapter 9. Dogmatics
• Chapter 10 Mysticism
• Chapter 11. Philosophy and Politics
• Chapter 12. Mathematics
• Chapter 13. Astronomy
• Chapter 14. Travelogues and Geographies
• Chapter 15. Medicine
• Chapter 16. Natural Sciences and Technology
• Chapter 16. Appendix
• Chapter 17. Occult Sciences
• Chapter 18. Encyclopedias and Polyhistors Addenda & Corrigenda.
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The present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b. for ibn; Brockelmann's transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, etc.; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.
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LexiQamus is a website that aims to help researchers in deciphering illegible words in Ottoman manuscripts. Based on the legible letters and the symbols for illegible letters entered into the boxes, LexiQamus's special algorithm provides a list of possible words matching the given restrictions

"This digital collection comprises both Western and Oriental manuscripts, archives and letters dating from the Early Middle Ages until the present time. The Western part consists of manuscripts written in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script. The Eastern part consists of manuscripts from regions as diverse as the Middle East and North Africa, the Jewish World, South and Southeast Asia, and East Asia."

• Module 1: Religion and Law
• Module 2: Sciences, History, and Geography
• Module 3: Periodicals, Literature, Grammar, Language, Catalogues and General Works

Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library (1475-1900) is the first full-text searchable digital library of early printed books in Arabic script. Covering religious literature, law, science, mathematics, astrology, alchemy, medicine, geography, travel, history, chronicles, and literature, and including European translations of Arabic works and Arabic translations of European books, it exemplifies the long exchange of ideas and learning between Europe and the Arabic-speaking world.

"This collection consists of 200 manuscripts with just over 300 works. In addition to 5 autographs, the highlights of the collection include: the earliest dated manuscript in the collection (Arab O. 013) a dated copy of a unique arrangement of a rare treatise written by al-Ṣāḅib Tāḡ al-Dīn (d. 707/1307) produced in the year of the author's death; two rare Mamluk treatises on horsemanship (Arab F.2); and an anonymous compilation (Arab O. 027) about the lives of the outstanding men who lived in Medina in the 12th/18th century."--Home page.

This database includes newspapers from the Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus and includes periodicals published in these newly independent states which used to be part of the Soviet Union. The sources are in mostly in Russian and cover various issues of domestic and international importance.

This database includes a number of authoritative periodicals published in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union. The sources are mostly in Russian and English and cover various issues of domestic and international importance.

Arabic Collections Online (ACO) is a publicly available digital library of public domain Arabic language content. Funded by New York University Abu Dhabi, this mass digitization project aims to expose up to 15,000 volumes from NYU and partner institutions over a period of five years. NYU and the partner institutions are contributing all types of material--literature, business, science, and more--from their Arabic language collections. ACO will provide digital access to printed books drawn from rich Arabic collections of prominent libraries

Endorsed by academics worldwide, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is the most authoritative English-Arabic / Arabic-English dictionary ever published. Based on real modern evidence and computational analysis of hundreds of millions of words of both English and Modern Standard Arabic (the standardized variety of Arabic used in writing and in most formal speech), the dictionary boasts more than 130,000 words and phrases and 200,000 translations. This up-to-date resource has been designed for both Arabic and English native speakers and includes the latest vocabulary from computing, business, the media, and the arts, across both languages. The organization and layout have been designed for maximum clarity and ease of use. The most commonly used sense of each word is shown first, helping you to identify and understand the correct meaning, and more than 70,000 real-life example phrases help you interpret meaning and usage accurately. All Arabic text is shown with vowels to aid the learner of Arabic in pronunciation and comprehension and the Arabic-English section of the dictionary is usefully organised by root, which are listed alphabetically. The dictionary is also packed with extra features including tables of Arabic verbs, Arabic numbers, dates, and years, and irregular English verbs. Produced using the unique dictionary resources of Oxford University Press with an international team of expert advisors, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is a ground-breaking work, essential for any serious student of Arabic and English, as well as academics, professionals, business people, teachers, and translators.
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Leiden University Library has a world famous collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts. Its core collection is brought together by, among others, the Leiden Orientalists Joseph Justus Scaliger and Jacobus Golius. Included in the Scaliger collection are about a dozen manuscripts which belonged to Franciscus Raphelengius. These collections consist of extremely rare, sometimes unique, manuscripts.. The publication consists of 267 Arabic manuscripts in 303 volumes, amounting to 109.517 pages, in full-colour, images.