The second volume of the Catalog of Alexandria Municipal Library comprises a comprehensive descriptive cataloging of the 407 Sufi manuscripts from the collections of the Municipal Library of Alexandria, in addition to a general introduction and pictorial selections of the most significant ones. Among the rarities reviewed in the catalog: al-Masā’il al-Maqnūna- ‘Concealed Matters’ by al-Hakīm al-Turmudhiy (d. 320 H.) transcribed in 593 H., classified with the number 3575/ C (Miscellaneous Arts); a rare old copy of al-Luma fī al-Tasawwuf- ‘Highlights in Sufism’ by al-Sirāj al-Tūsiy (d. 344 H.) probably dated back to the six century of the Hijra and classified with the number 1376/B (Sufism); Miškāt al-Anwār wa Misfāt al-Asrār- ‘The Lamp of Lights and the Strainer of Secrets’ by the Authority of Islam Abū-Hāmid al-Ghazāliy (d. 505 H.) transcribed in 907 H., classified with the number 1782/ D (Sufism); and many other Sufi masterpieces.

Number of page: 384.

The General Organization of the Alexandria Library, 1998.