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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 474p ; 25 cm. in Arabic & English. This catalogue lists 475 manuscripts of the private library of Ulahbib in the suburbs of Bijayah in the Republic of Algeria. The subjects covered in this catalogue are the Arabic language and its branches such as literature, poetry, grammar, morphology, tafsir (Qur'anic interpretation), tajwid (Qur'an recitation sciences), script writing, qirāa'at (Qur'anic linguistic variations), Ḥadīth, jurisprudence , trade, philosophy, creed, Sufism, Islamic asceticism, litanies, bayān, rhetoric, logic, history, biographies of notable individuals, lineage, various specialities, the manufacture of ink, and the binding of manuscripts and Qur'anic copies (masahif), mathematics, engineering, inheritance, astrology and astronomy. It is worth noting that French colonisers attempted to burn this library in 1957. Those manuscripts that were rescued were buried for fear to see them fall into French colonial hands. Seller Inventory # al182