The subject headings below are descriptive of the content of individual manuscripts as identified by the several catalogers of these collections. Since these are largely Islamic libraries our manuscript classification system is mainly based on the Islamic disciplines/sciences, but occasionally the same or similar material may appear under more than one broad rubric, following the best judgment of different catalogers. Cross-references to the most common double or triple listings of a subject appear below. Three topics that would not appear among the Islamic disciplines have been added: "politics," "economy" and "social matters" largely to incorporate correspondence and other writings that fall outside the Islamic sciences.
The subject lists below are not comprehensive. Some of the more detailed descriptors for individual manuscripts are indicated to provide users with an idea of the range of material within particular rubrics. The approximate number of records in the data base for each subject (as of 6/08) appears in parentheses following each general subject.
Click on subject headings for a detailed listing of sub-topics.
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Administration: see Politics Allegiance: see Politics Arithmetic: see Science Arabic Language (1603) Adjudication: see Jurisprudence Belief (2286) Bibliography (39) Biography (224) Brotherhoods: see Sufism, orders Census/lists: see Politics and Economy Chain of authority: see Education and Sufism Charms/talismans: see Esoteric Sciences Colonialism: see Politics Conduct (146) Devotional (2101) Dictionary: see Arabic Language Economy (557) Education (216) Elegy, Eulogy: see Literature Encyclopaedia (22) Esoteric Sciences (561) Ethics (496) Etiquette: see Conduct Fatwa: see Jurisprudence, adjudication Fiqh: see Jurisprudence Foreign (non-Arabic) language: see Arabic Language Genealogy (186) Geography (24) Grammar: see Arabic Language |
Hadith (658) History (739) Jihad: see Reform Jurisprudence (5092) Law (see Jurisprudence) Legal cases/opinions: see Jurisprudence, adjudication License: see Sufism and Education Litanies: see Sufism Literature (2024) Logic (143) Medicine (123) Mysticism: see Sufism Poetry: see Literature and Sufism Politics (674) Praise of Prophet, others: see Prophet and Devotional Prayer: see Devotional and Sufism and Conduct Prophet Muhammad (559) Qur'an (1090) Reform (115) Science (280) Shari`a: see Jurisprudence Sira: see Prophet Muhammad Social Matters (203) Sufism (1423) Tafsir: see Qur’an, exegesis Tawhid: see Belief, theology Theology: see Belief Trade: see Economy and Jurisprudence, transactions Travel: see Literature and History |
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| see also: Literature | ||
| see also: Sufism | ||
| see also: Jurisprudence | ||
| see also: Prophet Muhammad | ||
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| see also: Education | ||
| see also: Prophet Muhammad | ||
| see also: Prophet Muhammad | ||
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| see also: Sufism | ||
| see also: Prophet Muhammad | ||
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| see also: Prophet Muhammad | ||
| see also: Jurisprudence | ||
| see also: Social Matters, Jurisprudence | ||
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| see also: Sufism | ||
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| see also: Conduct | ||
| see also: Social Matters | ||
| see also: Prophet Muhammad | ||
| see also: History, Prophet Muhammad | ||
| see also: History, literature | ||
| see also: Jurisprudence | ||
| see also: Prophet Muhammad | ||
| see also: Genealogy, Prophet Muhammad | ||
| see also: Literature | ||
| see also: Belief | ||
| see also: Economy | ||
| see also: Arabic Language | ||
| see also: Sufism | ||
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| see also: Arabic Language | ||
| see also: History | ||
| see also: Prophet Muhammad | ||
| see also: Social Matters | ||
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| see also: Social Matters | ||
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| see also: Belief | ||
| see also: Jurisprudence | ||
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| sub-topic: calculating time | ||
| sub-topic: calculating time, calendar, the solar year, compass | ||
| sub-topic: gunpowder manufacture | ||
| sub-topic: locusts, similarities of men and animals | ||
| see also: Politics: administration | ||
| see also: Ethics | ||
| sub-topic: correspondence, missive | ||
| see also: Economy | ||
| see also: Conduct | ||
| see also: Literature | ||
| see also: Belief | ||
| sub-topic: Qadiri, Tijani | ||
| sub-topic: defense of, Nasariyya, Qadiriyya, Tijaniyya | ||
| sub-topic: Tijaniyya | ||
| see also: Education | ||
| sub-topic: litanies, Qadiriyya, Tijaniyya | ||