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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Collection of Arabic manuscripts
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0895
Physical Description:
85.0 linear feet
(170 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1600-1899
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in Arabic.
Portions of collection unprocessed. Material in the collection except for boxes 1-142 and 169-171 is unavailable for access.
Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Collection of Arabic Manuscripts (Collection 895). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides
a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive
processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942327023606533
Boxes 1-142 and 169-171 include materials in Arabic relating to Islam and Islamic law. The entire collection is in Arabic.
Persian and Arabic manuscripts in Special Collections Catalog (Danishpazhuh) Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
The manuscripts in this collection are identified in the Danishpazhuh Catalog with the leading identifier "A".
Subjects and Indexing Terms
manuscripts (documents) -- Arab countries.
Islamic law.
Islam.