Kashf al-Zunun


Kashf al-Zunun 'an Asami al-Kutub wa al-Funun is a bibliographic encyclopedia of books and sciences compiled by Turkish polymath Kâtip Çelebi. It was written in Arabic and was based on the ''Miftāḥ al-Saʿāda wa-miṣbāḥ al-Siyādah''

Contents

Editions

  • Muhammad Azti Effendi Boshnah Zadeh.
  • Ibrahīm al-Rūmi al-Arabji mentioned by Khalil al-Muradi in his biographic dictionary .
  • Ahmed Hanífzádeh, Mollae El-Hájj Ibrahím Haníf Efendi, ed., titled . Contains 5000 books. Appended by Flügel in Vol.VI, Leipzig edition with Latin translation and a volume for Oriental libraries.
  • Sheikh Islam Aref Hikmat, ed., up to the letter jím..
  • Ishmael Pasha al-Baghdadi, ed.,, titled The Explanation of the Makenun. Contains 19000 books and was followed by translations of the authors.
  • Ismail Saeb Singer, ed.
  • Jamil al-‘Uẓmā, titled al-Sirr al-Maṣūn with introduction titled Book of Science and Travel.
  • Mohammed Al-Sadiq Al-Nefir, titled Salwa Al-Mahzun.
  • Muhammad bin Mustafa al-Bakri ed.,, Khulāsat Tahqíq az-Zunūn ; Index to al-Kashf and amendments.
  • Ali Khairi, ed., Ḍiyā’ al-‘Aiūn ; a footnote to al-Kashf.
  • Sources of Andalusian heritage: the publications of the Cultural Center in Abu Dhabi, pitfalls of correcting Haji Khalifa in dealing with the heritage of Andalusia.
  • Abridgement and supplement; Hussein Abbasi Nabhani Halabi, ed.,, titled.

Translations

Lexicon Bibliographicum et Encyclopaedicum, Arabic-Latin by Gustav Leberecht FlügelBibliothèque Orientale, French by Barthélemy d'Herbelot and Antoine Galland, with contributions from Johann Jacob Reiske and Henry Albert Schultens.