The Library holds more than 60,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and other languages. The collection’s contents span several centuries and several subjects, including religion, the natural sciences, mathematics, poetry, linguistics, history, and sociology. The Library’s holdings also include papyri, maps, calligraphic albums and panels, detached book covers, early printed books and periodicals, and more than 12,000 numismatic objects such as coins and medals.
