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• 24/7 access to the pre-20th century cultural heritage of Arab and Islamic world.

• The metadata and search limiters invite researchers to study printing from different towns and periods as well as the dissemination of particular texts or author’s works.

• Historic translations of Arabic texts into European and Asian languages enable non-Arabic speakers to discover and research Arabic literature, science and culture and the religion of Islam.




The complete archive forms a wide and extensive library of Arabic culture and learning, as well as books resulting from Europe and Asia’s engagement with it.

Containing over 2 million pages, this is the first major online archive of fully text-searchable Arabic printed books. We are making early Arabic script searchable for the first time and scholars can search on the full text of items in Arabic, English, French, German, Latin, Italian, Dutch and Spanish while also being able to discover content in Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Ottoman Turkish, Persian, Syriac and more through detailed metadata.
Trial period expires 31st December 2016.

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Benefits of the collection:

• Researchers of cultural exchange will find a wealth of material demonstrating the complex transmission and interchange of knowledge and discovery, stories and ideas between the Arabic and European world across the centuries.

• Multi-disciplinary content of the collection relevant for a multitude of subjects and appealing to wide range of scholars and students wanting to engage with primary source material. Subjects covered include; Religion, Law, Science, History, Geography, Literature, Grammar and Language.