The catalog comprises detailed description of 340 manuscripts constituting the two collections of Damanhur Municipal Library and the Local Mosque of Rosetta (both towns lay within the territory of the Governorate of al-Bahira in the west north of the Delta of the Nile). Among the most important rarities reviewed in the catalog are Idāh al-Muškil fī Ahkām al-Khunthā al-Muškil- ‘Revealing the Obscure in the Judgments of the Hermaphrodite Issue’ by al-Isnawiy; Tajrīd Dīwān al-Hayawān- ‘Abstraction of Divan al-Hayawān’ by Armūniy; al-Dur al-Yatīm- ‘Unequaled Pearls’ by al-Barkawiy; Šarh Lāmiyyat al-Busayriy- ‘Interpretation of Lāmiyyat (Poem Rhyming in lām) of al-Busayriy’ by al-Jārim; Kunūz al-Haqā’iq wa mā al-Zād Illā fī Inqitā‘ al-Khalā’iq- ‘Treasures of Truths: Provisions are Attainable by Absolute Devotion to God’ by Muhammad Sa‘īd; and al-Fatāwiy- ‘Futwas’ by Ibn al-Mū’ayid. As for the oldest ones, they are: al-Ta‘rīfāt- ‘Definitions’ by al-Jurjāniy (transcribed in 950 H.); Kašf al-Wāfiya fī Šarh al-Kāfiya- ‘Illumination of al-Wāfiya in the Interpretation of al-Kāfiya’ by al-Halabiy (transcribed in 910 H.); and Fath al-Mannān fī Tafsīr al-Qur’ān- ‘Donations of the Benefactor in the Interpretation of the Holy Qur’ān’ by al-Širāziy (transcribed in 960 H.).

Number of Pages: 332.

al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, London, 1998.