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Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine

The Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine is a public library located within Al Abbas Holy Shrine in the old city of Karbala, Iraq. It contains books, ebooks, manuscripts and rare books in various disciplines and languages. The library holds about 250,000 works.[1]

Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine
Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine
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32°37′00″N 44°02′11″E / 32.6167°N 44.0363°E / 32.6167; 44.0363
LocationKarbala, Iraq, Iraq
TypePublic library
Established1963
Branch ofAl-Abbas Holy Shrine
Collection
SizeAbout 250,000 in general
Other information
Employees160 employee as to 25 June 2019
Websitehttps://alkafeel.net/library/

History

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Prior to 2006

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The library was first established in 1963 by Sayyid Abbas Al-Hussayni Al-Kashani, and it was holding about 5,000 books in its shelves, most of them were damaged or stolen during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein's regime, and it was neglected since then up to the reopening in 2006.[2]

Post 2006

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In 2006 it was reopened after 3 years of being closed after the Iraq war in 2003, the reopening was heavily supported by Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani. The new library included new divisions that were not existed in the old library, many specialized divisions and units were developed to cope with the requirements of the new era after the Iraq war and to handle the scientific requirements by the students of the Iraqi Universities and researchers.[3]

Collecting the manuscripts

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Nearly five thousand written copies classified as precious, rare and of heritage were collected in the Library within the period of 2009 to 2014, and this operation was done in three stages:[4]

The first stage

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The first stage: to collect the manuscripts without a specific kind of scripts. The goal was to safeguard and collect what can be collected from the scattered, damaged, stolen treasures, or those smuggled out of the country because of successive wars, instability or economic and cultural reasons. The last factor explains the status of ignorance of their value, importance and scarcity leading to their damage, another example is what happened during the uprising of Sha'ban in 1411 / 1991, when the soldiers and members of the Baathists made tea in the courtyard of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine on the fire made out from burnt rare books and manuscripts, therefore this experience made the library put in the priorities of work to collect what can be collected and therefore experts were hired for this work.

The second stage

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The second stage: The treatment, maintenance and safeguard of the manuscript within the proper conditions. For this purpose the house of manuscripts sent to known European countries in this area its competent affiliates in order to make their training and get recognized specialization diplomas. The House also bought a private "hospital" to address and treat manuscripts according to the latest known technologies, and its affiliates are today the leading specialists in this regard in Iraq, which allow them to maintain a number of known libraries in different provinces of Iraq.[5]

The third stage

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The last stage included the picturization, classification, the indexing of the manuscript and the historical, scientific and author identification to configure it, to facilitate its delivery and to make it accessible to the hands of researchers and investigators.

Centers and units

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In addition to the main reading hall, the library includes the listed divisions below:[6]

  1. Acquisition unit[7]
  2. Indexing and Information Systems[8]
  3. Digital information center[9]
  4. Authoring and Studies[10]
  5. Restoration of manuscripts[11]
  6. Photocopy and classification of manuscripts[12]
  7. Translation unit[13]
  8. Bookbinding[14]
  9. Human resources[15]

Library publications

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Arabic publications

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  1. دور الخرائط المفاهيمية في تكوين المفاهيم الرئيسية لعمليات الفهرسة فــي المكتبات[16]
  2. بحوث المؤتمر الدولي في المعلومات والمكتبات ج2[17]
  3. بحوث المؤتمر الدولي في المعلومات والمكتبات ج1[18]
  4. البصرة في مجلة لغة العرب[19]
  5. النجف في مجلة لغة العرب[20]
  6. بغداد في مجلة لغة العرب (القسم الرابع)[21]
  7. ماوصل الينا من كتاب مدينة العلم[22]
  8. نهج البلاغة المختار من كلام امير المؤمنين[23]
  9. بغداد في مجلة لغة العرب (القسم الثالث)[24]
  10. ابو الفضل العباس في الشعر العربي[25]
  11. بغداد في مجلة لغة العرب (القسم الثاني)[26]
  12. مانزل من القرآن في علي بن ابي طالب[27]
  13. درر المطالب وغرر المناقب[28]
  14. الدرر البهية في تراجم علماء الامامية الجزء الثاني[29]
  15. الدرر البهية في تراجم علماء الامامية الجزء الاول[30]
  16. شرح قصيدة محمد المجذوب (على قبر معاوية)[31]
  17. سند الخصام[32]
  18. دليل الأطاريح الجامعية ج2[33]
  19. الأربعون حديثاً (الطبعة الثانية)[34]
  20. رسالة في آداب المجاورة[35]
  21. دليل الأطاريح الجامعية ج1[36]
  22. منار الهدى الجزء الثاني[37]
  23. منار الهدى الجزء الأول[38]
  24. مكارم أخلاق النبي والأئمة[39]
  25. معارج الأفهام إلى علم الكلام[40]
  26. كشف الاستار[41]
  27. ديوان السيد سليمان الكبير[42]
  28. المجالس الحسينية[43]
  29. الصولة العلوية على القصيدة البغدادية[44]
  30. مجالي اللطف بارض الطف[45]
  31. الأربعون حديثاً[46]

English publications

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  1. English eBooks Catalog[47]

Other publications of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine[48]

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English publications

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  1. AL-Abbas bin Ali (P.B.U.H.) The Staunch Advocate of Dignity and Sacrifice in Islam[49]
  2. Backbiting & Its Enormous Effects[50]
  3. Truthfulness Is a Survival Compass in a World in Crisis[51]
  4. Patience Profuse Offer & Abundant Welfare[52]
  5. A Collection Of Visits[53]
  6. (Marriage) (Sacred Contract & Delicious Fruits) Marriage Privileges[54]
  7. (SHYNESS & INSOLENCE) Between (Intellect & Legislature)[55]
  8. Humbleness – The Head Of Goodness & The Basis Of Worshiping[56]
  9. Pilgrims’ Principles towards the Massive Arba’een Pilgrimage[57]
  10. The Fruits of the Arba’een Pilgrimage[58]
  11. Modesty and Degradation Between Intellect and Sharia[59]

References

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  1. ^ "مكتبة ودار المخطوطات للعتبة العباسية المقدسة". alnoor.
  2. ^ "مكتبة ودار المخطوطات للعتبة العباسية المقدسة". alnoor.
  3. ^ "About the library". alkafeel.
  4. ^ "Nearly five thousand written copies classified as precious, rare and of heritage were collected in the Library". alkafeel.
  5. ^ "وحدة ترميم المخطوطات في العتبة العباسية المقدسة". alnoor.
  6. ^ "مكتبة العتبة العباسية المقدسة". alkafeel.
  7. ^ "وحدة التزويد". alkafeel.
  8. ^ "الفهرسة والتصنيف". alkafeel.
  9. ^ "Digital information center". alkafeel.
  10. ^ "التاليف والدراسات". alkafeel.
  11. ^ "ترميم المخطوطات". alkafeel.
  12. ^ "تصوير وتصنيف المخطوطات". alkafeel.
  13. ^ "الترجمة". alkafeel.
  14. ^ "التجليد". alkafeel.
  15. ^ "الذاتية والخدمات". alkafeel.
  16. ^ دور الخرائط المفاهيمية في تكوين المفاهيم الرئيسية لعمليات الفهرسة فــي المكتبات. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  17. ^ حوث المؤتمر الدولي في المعلومات والمكتبات ج2. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  18. ^ بحوث المؤتمر الدولي في المعلومات والمكتبات ج1. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  19. ^ البصرة في مجلة لغة العرب. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  20. ^ لنجف في مجلة لغة العرب. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  21. ^ بغداد في مجلة لغة العرب (القسم الرابع). Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  22. ^ ماوصل الينا من كتاب مدينة العلم. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  23. ^ نهج البلاغة المختار من كلام امير المؤمنين. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  24. ^ بغداد في مجلة لغة العرب (القسم الثالث). Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  25. ^ ابو الفضل العباس في الشعر العربي. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  26. ^ بغداد في مجلة لغة العرب (القسم الثاني). Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  27. ^ مانزل من القرآن في علي بن ابي طالب. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  28. ^ درر المطالب وغرر المناقب. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  29. ^ الدرر البهية في تراجم علماء الامامية الجزء الثاني. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  30. ^ الدرر البهية في تراجم علماء الامامية الجزء الاول. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  31. ^ شرح قصيدة محمد المجذوب (على قبر معاوية). Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  32. ^ سند الخصام. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  33. ^ دليل الأطاريح الجامعية ج2. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  34. ^ الأربعون حديثاً (الطبعة الثانية). Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  35. ^ رسالة في آداب المجاورة. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  36. ^ دليل الأطاريح الجامعية ج1. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  37. ^ منار الهدى الجزء الثاني. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  38. ^ منار الهدى الجزء الأول. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  39. ^ مكارم أخلاق النبي والأئمة. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  40. ^ معارج الأفهام إلى علم الكلام. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  41. ^ كشف الاستار. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  42. ^ ديوان السيد سليمان الكبير. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  43. ^ المجالس الحسينية. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  44. ^ الصولة العلوية على القصيدة البغدادية. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  45. ^ مجالي اللطف بارض الطف. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  46. ^ الأربعون حديثاً. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  47. ^ English eBooks Catalog. Library of Al-Abbas Holy Shrine publications.
  48. ^ "Alkafeel publications » Unlisted Publications". alkafeel.
  49. ^ AL-Abbas bin Ali (P.B.U.H.) The Staunch Advocate of Dignity and Sacrifice in Islam. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  50. ^ Backbiting & Its Enormous Effects. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  51. ^ Truthfulness Is a Survival Compass in a World in Crisis. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  52. ^ Patience Profuse Offer & Abundant Welfare. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  53. ^ A Collection Of Visits.[permanent dead link‍]
  54. ^ (Marriage) (Sacred Contract & Delicious Fruits) Marriage Privileges. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  55. ^ (SHYNESS & INSOLENCE) Between (Intellect & Legislature). Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  56. ^ Humbleness – The Head Of Goodness & The Basis Of Worshiping. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  57. ^ Pilgrims’ Principles towards the Massive Arba’een Pilgrimage. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  58. ^ The Fruits of the Arba’een Pilgrimage. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
  59. ^ Modesty and Degradation Between Intellect and Sharia. Dept.of Intellectual & cultural Affairs.
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