Ramazan Şeşen Article contents:The history of Turkish manuscriptsStudies conducted on Turkish manuscripts 1- Studies on the preparation of catalogues of Turkish manuscripts outside Turkey2- The studies carried out ...
‘Abdul Aziz Ahmed Al-Rifai This article deals with the literary manuscripts amassed in the library of al- Baghdādī, the owner of this library, ʿAbd al-Qādir b. ʿUmar al-Baghdādī (1030/1621—1093/1682), and his book Khizān...
Muḥammad Al-Ḥabīb Al-Hīlah While the chief concern of Muslim jurists (fuqahāʾ) has always been to establish principles for dealing with every event necessitating the administration of justice in society within the circum...
Ahmed Raissouni Article contents:Introduction1. The Sharī‘ah: Paying Regard to the Present Reality vs. Paying Regard to Future Consequences2. Ma’ālāt (Consequences) and Maqāšid (Aims)Bibliography Introduction The princip...
Īraj Afshār Article contents Manuscript descriptionThe rules of cataloguingEstimation of the Persian manuscript heritageSelective and critical cataloguingBibliography of Persian manuscripts cataloguesThe future of catalo...
Anas B. Khalidov Vast regions of the former Soviet Union have had a long Islamic past, in which a rich, diverse literature has played its part thousands of texts have been repeatedly copied. The earliest inscriptions and...
Ahmed Raissouni Article contents: Section 1: Istišlāħ Instigated by God Manifestations of Divine Istišlāħ Section 2: Istišlāħ in Understanding and Applying the Texts Section 3: Istišlāħ when there is no Text This princip...
David A. King Have you ever prayed in the qibla? If not, then you know nothing about the qibla.Question from a Muslim dignitary after a lecture of mine Istanbul in July, 1983, on the newly-discovered sources relating to ...
The case of an ‘Ottoman’ watermarked paper used in Yemen and in Ethiopia1 Anne RegourdAustrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Social Anthropology, Vienna CNRS, UMR 7192) Article contents:IntroductionOverview of paper...
Roshdi Rashed Article contents:The absent textThe hidden textThe truncated textThe summarised or abridged textThe complete text in a unique manuscriptThe complete text in multiple manuscriptsThe master copy or the author...