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Revealing suspicions about the names of books and arts

كشف الظنون عن أسامي الكتب والفنون

Author: مصطفى بن عبد الله كاتب جلبي القسطنطيني المشهور باسم حاجي خليفة أو الحاج خليفة (المتوفى: 1067هـ) (d. 1067)

About this work

كشف الظنون عن أسامي الكتب والفنون هو مسرد ضخم للكتب العربية والفارسية والتركية، وضعه الحاجي خليفة، وهو من علماء القرن الحادي عشر الهجري (السابع عشر الميلادي). ضمّ الكتاب أسماء آلاف الكتب إضافةً لأسماء مصنفيها، على ذلك يعتبر من المراجع الرئيسة للباحثين عن آثار المؤلفين في التراث الإسلامي.

Translation

Revealing suspicions about the names of books and arts is a huge glossary of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish books, compiled by Haji Khalifa, a scholar of the eleventh century AH (seventeenth century AD). The book included the names of thousands of books in addition to the names of their authors. Therefore, it is considered one of the main references for those searching for the works of authors in the Islamic heritage.

Topics covered

Introduction to: Conditions of Science, including: sections and chapters
Chapter One: Defining science and its division. It contains: Chapters
Chapter One: What it is
The first statement: in examining the topic
the first:
Second and third:
Fourth:
Fifth:
Sixth:
The second statement: in principles
The third statement: On matters of science
Chapter Conclusion: In the utmost science
First division
Second division
Third division
Fourth division
Fifth division
The first education: in its pleasure
The second learning: its benefit
The first: which is the religious benefits that knowledge brings
The second: which is the worldly benefits that knowledge brings
Section Three: Religious harmful effects of knowledge
The fourth section: It is what protects oneself from worldly harms with knowledge
Chapter Two: On the origin of science and books
Chapter One: Its cause

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