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Ancient manuscripts and rare edition books have historical and educational value because of the scientific and literary content they contain and the development they reveal in the arts of writing and transcription that predated the beginnings of modern printing. In this sense, public and private libraries want to acquire these rare works that are no longer available to everyone.
And if you are a reader or researcher interested in heritage books, manuscripts, ancient books and journals included in rare publications, Sharjah Public Libraries offers a treasure trove of these works in their Rare Books section. Various sections of science, art, literature and knowledge.
The section contains 3,102 works, including 912 ancient books and manuscripts in five languages: Arabic, English, French, Persian and German.
Among the oldest rare manuscripts in this section of the Sharjah Public Library is a group of Holy Quran manuscripts. The oldest is a manuscript copy of the Noble Qur’an attributed to Uthman bin Affan. him), is identical to the copy kept in the Topkapi Sarai museum in Turkey.
This copy of the Qur’an is of great importance for the general public and especially for Muslims, because whoever compiled it at the end of AD 24. with him) and ordered to write it down and send copies to the rest of the territories of the Islamic Caliphate.

rare book value
The value of the rare books available at the Sharjah Public Library is not determined by the ancient dates of the manuscripts and editions of the books, but by the fields of science, knowledge and art they contain, such as the Antidote Manuscript. A book by an unknown Arab author in which he explains how to prepare an antitoxin composed of plant compounds, indicating Arab contributions to the science of drug and antitoxin synthesis from an early period.
Among the valuable manuscripts in the library are a copy of a famous manuscript known as Makamath al-Hariri, who died in 1122 AD, and another manuscript entitled “The Commentary on the Verse of Ibn Abdun” by Abd al-Malik bin Abdullah Ibn. Bedurni 6th century AD.
Among the rare manuscripts in the field of jurisprudence, the Rare Books section includes a manuscript titled “Sharh al-Muntakhab al-Husami” written by Muhammad bin Muhammad Omar al-Akhsiqti, who died in 1247. For those looking for rare books. In Grammar, in the Rare Books section, we find a manuscript entitled “A Book of Urgent Drug Revelation for Syntax” by Abdullah bin Ahmed al-Faqih, who died in 1565.
In this section, the reader can see a set of rare Arabic magazines, such as the magazine Damascus Arabic Language Complex from 1921, the magazine Al-Risala published by the writer Ahmed Hassan Al-Zayat in 1933, and editions of the Kuwaiti magazine Al -Arabi, which began to be published in 1958, and other Arab magazines and newspapers that appeared at the beginning of the last century.

rare editions
Among the thousands of publications and rare books, readers and researchers can consult the 1849 book The Wonder of Creatures and Strange Creatures, the 1891 book Al-Alak al-Nafi by Ahmed bin Omar Ibn Rusta, and the book by Hadram , by Abdullah. bin Muhammad. al-Saqaf.History of Poets, printed in 1923 and other books Books and Literature.
The Sharjah Public Library offers readers who wish to view the contents of the rare book section the opportunity to search works electronically, providing thousands of references, manuscripts, journals and antique books that were the beginning of the development of book printing. at an Arab and international level.

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