World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts

Bosnia-Herzegovina

From: World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts, Volume 1.
General Editor: Geoffrey Roper.
London: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 1992.
Pp. 87-110.

Please note that diacritics and special characters used in transliteration do not appear in the text below as the present medium does not support them.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

The collections which are included in this survey contain more than 27,000 Islamic MSS. Of these, about 4,000 have been catalogued, which leaves 23,000 awaiting study and cataloguing.

UNION CATALOGUES and SURVEYS

1954. Stari turski i arapski medicinski rukopisi u Bosni i Hercegovini [Old Turkish and Arabic medical MSS in Bosnia and Herzegovina] by SIELSKI STANKO, in Spomen knjiga zbora lijecnika Hrvatske (Iz Hrvatske medicinske proslosti), Zagreb, 1954, pp. 168-181.

No notes about collections or MSS shelf-nos.

1956. Islamski rukopisi iz Jugoslovenskih kolekcija. Les manuscrits islamiques dans les collections yougoslaves. By Z. JANC. Belgrade, 1956. 50 pp. 20 plates.

Describes 56 illuminated MSS, including 13 from Institute of Oriental Studies in Sarajevo, 15 from Gazi Husrev-bey Library, 2 from the private collection of Dz. SPAHO and 1 from the private collection of MEHMED MUJEZINOVIC.

1959. Handschriften osmanischer Qanun-name's in den Bibliotheken von Sarajevo. By B. DJURDJEV. Akten des Vierundzwanzigsten Internationalen Orientalisten-Kongresses, Munchen ... 1957. Hrsg. H. Franke. Wiesbaden, 1959, pp.404-408.

1964. Minijatura u Jugoslaviji [Miniatures in Yugoslavia]. Zagreb: Muzej za Umjetnost i Obrt, 1964.

On pp. 41-43, 306-308 and plates 126-137 are details of 12 Islamic MSS, including 1 from Institute of Oriental Studies in Sarajevo and 1 from Gazi Husrev-bey library in Sarajevo.

1966. Al-makhtutat al-'Arabiya fi Yughuslafiya. By HASAN QALASHI [KALESHI]. Majallat Ma'had al-Makhtutat al-'Arabiya, 12 ii, 1386/1966, pp. 3-20.

1968. Rukopisni tursko-hrvatski rjecnici [Turkish-Serbocroatian dictionary MSS]. By ALIJA NAMETAK. Grada za Povijest Knjizevnosti Hrvatske, 39, 1968, pp. 231-380.

Mentions 12 MSS (9 from Institute of Oriental Studies and 3 from Gazi Husrev-bey Library in Sarajevo).

1969-70. Orientalischer Handschriftenschatz von Bosnien und sein kultureller Hintergrund. By SMAIL BALIC. Anatolica, 3 1969-70, pp. 237-242.

1975. A guide to Yugoslav libraries and archives. By S. JOVANOVIC and M. ROJNIC. Ed. P. HORECKY. Tr./ed. E. BEYERLY. Columbus: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1975. 113 pp.

I. Bosnia and Hercegovina, pp. 1-15. Incl. details of Islamic MSS holdings.

1976. Nekoliko rukopisa prepisanih u Gazi Husrev-begovoj medresi u Sarajevu [Several MSS transcribed in Ghazi Husrev-bey Medresa]. By MEHEMED MUJEZINOVIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 1976, pp. 21-32.

Details of 20 MSS (17 from Ghazi Husrev-bey library, 1 from Flugel's Catalogue, 1 from a private library).

1980. Les collections des manuscrits orientaux a Sarajevo. By LEJLA GAZIC. Prilozi za Orientalnu Filogiju, 30, 1980, pp. 153-157.

1981. Izlozba orijentalne kaligrafije u Sarajevu. (Exhibition of oriental calligraphy in Sarajevo.) By MUNIBA SPAHO. Prilozi za Orientalnu Filologiju, 31, 1981, pp. 195-212.

Incl. descriptions of 14 MSS (9 from City Museum of Sarajevo, 3 from Ghazi Husrev-bey Library, 1 from Institute of Oriental Studies, 1 from a private collection).

1983. Turkish manuscripts: cataloguing since 1960 and manuscripts still uncatalogued. Part 2: Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania. By E. BIRNBAUM. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 103, 1983, pp. 515-523.

Sarajevo, pp. 517-522; Mostar, pp. 524-525. Gives particulars of holdings and some of the more important individual MSS.

1985. Al-makhtutat al-'Arabiya fi Yughuslafiya: taqrir 'an al-makhtutat al-'Arabiya fi madinat Sarayayvaw khassatan ba'd ziyaratiha fi shahr Yuniyah (Haziran) 1981 M. By ISAM MUHAMMAD AL-SHANTI. Kuwait: Ma'had al-Makhtutat al-'Arabiya, 1985.

1985. Rukopisi poezije HASAN KAIME BABE [Poetry MSS by HASAN KAIMI-BABA]. By JASNA SAMIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke, 12-13, 1985, pp. 201-210.

Mentions 36 MSS (14 from the Institute of Oriental Studies, 11 from the Ghazi Husrev-bey Library, 8 from the archives of the Yugoslav Academy, and 1 from from a private collection).

1987. Rjecnici u rukopisima orijentalnih zbirki u Mostaru. Standardni tip [Dictionary MSS in Oriental collections in Mostar -- standard type]. By SABAN ZAHIROVIC, Glasnik Arhiva i Drustva Arhivskih Radnika Bosne i Hercegovine, 27, 1987, pp.121-133.

Describes 36 MSS (26 from the Archives of Herzegovina, 10 from the Franciscan Monastery).

1987. Stihovani rjenici u rukopisima orijentalnih zbirki u Mostaru [Vocabularies in verse in MSS of oriental collections in Mostar]. By SABAN ZAHIROVIC. Hercegovina, 6, 1987, pp. 205-214.

Describes 16 MSS (10 from the Archives of Herzegovina, 4 from the Franciscan Monastery, 2 from the Homeland Museum of Herzegovina).

1988. Katalog turskih rukopisa franjevackih samostana u Bosni i Hercegovini [Turkish MSS Catalogue of the Franciscan monasteries in Bosnia and Herzegovina]. By VANCO BOSKOV. Sarajevo: Orijentalni Institut (Posebna Izdanja, 15). 155 pp.

A very detailed catalogue, giving full title and name of author, name of scribe, style of script, date and place of copying, colophon, incipit and explicit, indexes. 182 MSS (136 from Franciscan Library in Mostar, 32 from Franciscan Secondary School in Visoko, 7 from the Franciscan Monastery "Sveti Duh" in Fojnica, 7 from "Gorica" Monastery in Livno).

1988. Djela prepisana u Gazi Husrev-begovoj medresi i hanikahu. [Works copied in the Ghazi Husrev-bey Medrese and Hanikah]. By AHMED HALILOVIC. 450 godina Gazi Husrev-begove medrese u Sarajevu, Sarajevo, 1988, pp. 201-224.

Mentions and cites MSS shelf-nos (43 from Ghazi Husrev-bey Library, 38 from Institute of Oriental Studies, 15 from Oriental Collection of Archives of Yugoslav Academy in Zagreb, 1 from Archives of Herzegovina in Mostar).

1988. Bosansko-hercegovacki prepisivaci djela u arabickim rukopisima [Bosnian and Herzegovian transcribers of Arabic MSS]. By MUHAMED ZDRALOVIC. Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1988. 461pp.

Chronological list of over 1,100 transcribers and 2,337 transcribed works from various collections in the world. Mentions 1,996 MSS from 19 public and 32 from 7 private collections in Yugoslavia: 808 from Institute of Oriental Studies, 500 from Ghazi Husrev-bey Library, 346 from Oriental Collection of Archives of Yugoslav Academy, 165 from Archives of Herzegovina, 66 from Franciscan Monastery, 16 from Archives of Central Bosnia in Travnik, 11 from National and University Library in Zagreb, 10 from Archives of Serbian Academy in Belgrade, 7 from Homeland Museum in Mostar, 7 from University Library in Belgrade, 7 from Ferhadiya Mosque in Banja Luka, 5 from National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 from City Museum of Sarajevo, 3 from Homeland Museum in Gradacac, 5 from "Glavice" Monastery in Livno, 2 from City Archives of Sarajevo, 2 from Museum of Bosanska Krajina in Banja Luka, 1 from Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade, 1 from Durak Mosque in Dubrovnik; private: 11 of HABIBA MEHMEDBASIC in Stolac, 9 of ALIJA SADIKOVIC in Janja, 5 of RUSMIR MAHMUTCEHAJIC in Sarajevo, 3 of LJUBINKA RAJKOVIC in Belgrade, 2 of ALIJA BEJTIC in Sarajevo, 2 of HALIL IMAMOVIC in Busovaca.

INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIONS

BANJA LUKA

Aleja JNA 1
78000 Banja Luka
Tel. 078-31 609
Date of establishment: 1953
Status: Public archives
Conditions of access: Appointment not essential, but advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 07-14.30.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 15 (Arabic; Persian; Turkish). Description of collection: The most interesting MS, in this uncatalogued collection is Nur al-wahhaj fi'l-kalam 'ala'l-isra' wa'l-mi'raj, notable for its illustrations.

Muzej Bosanske Krajine (Museum of Bosanska Krajina)

Vuka Karadzica bb
78000 Banja Luka
Tel. 078-35 486
Status: Museum library
Conditions of access: Appointment not essential, but advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday - Friday, 0.700-14.30. Total number of Islamic MSS: 10 (Arabic; Persian; Turkish). Description of collection: This uncatalogued collection includes a fine engrossed sample of Lugat-i NIMETULLAH done by the calligrapher 'ABDULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD QARA-BEK-ZADE from Livno.

Narodna i Univerzitetska Biblioteka (Public and University Library "Petar Kocic")

Mose Pijade 12A
78000 Banja Luka
Tel. 078-34 656
Conditions of access: Open to the public, Monday-Friday, 08.00-18.00; Saturday, 08.00-12.00.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 53 (41 Arabic; 2 Persian; 10 Turkish).
Published catalogue:
1990. Zbirka orijentalnih rukopisa Narodne i univerzitetske biblioteke "Petar Kocic" u Banjoj Luci [Collection of oriental manuscripts of the Public and University Library "Petar Kocic" in Banja Luka]. By SALIH TRAKO. Bastina, Banja Luka, 1990, pp. 311-332.

FOJNICA

71270 Fojnica
Date of establishment: first part of 19th century
Status: Christian (Roman Catholic) monastic library
Conditions of access: Appointment required.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 9 (2 Arabic; 7 Turkish).
Published catalogue:
1988. See above Union Catalogue by Boskov, pp. 115-126.
Uncatalogued collection: The Arabic MSS are not catalogued.

GRADACAC

76250 Gradacac
Status: Local museum
Conditions of access: Appointment required.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 35 (Arabic; Persian; Turkish).
Published catalogue:
1982. Orijentalni rukopisi Zavicajnog Muzeja u Gradaccu [Oriental MSS of Homeland Museum in Gradacac]. By M. MULAOMEROVIC. Glasnik Vrhovnog Islamskog Starjesinstva, 45 i, 1982, pp. 63-68.

This list of 35 MSS does not give standard details of authors and titles, but does provide some useful information about the history of Gradacac.

JANJA

K16
75000 Tuzla
Tel. 075-21 47 33
Status: Private collection
Total munber of Islamic MSS: ca. 100 (Arabic; Bosnian; Persian; Turkish).

LIVNO

Bratstva i jedinstva bb
80101 Livno
Tel. 080-22 764
Status: Christian (Roman Catholic) monastic Library
Conditions access: Appointment requied.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 14 (7 Arabic; 7 Turkish).
Published catalogue:
1988. See above Union catalogue by Boskov, pp. 127-132.
Uncatalogued collection: The Arabic MSS are not catalogued. Three of them are Qur'ans.

MOSTAR

Trg 1. maja 105
88000 Mostar
Tel. 088-31 323
Date of establishment: 1954
Status: Public archives
Conditions of access: Appointments not essential, but advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 07.00-14.30.
Total number of Ismlamic MSS: 776 (574 Arabic; 4 Bosnian; 31 Persian; 167 Turkish).

Published catalogues:
1976. Djela Mustafe Ejubovica (Sejh Juje) i Ibrahim efendije Opijaca koja se nalaze u Arhivu Hercegovine u Mostaru [Literary works by MUSTAFA EJUBOVIC (SHAYKH YUYO) and IBRAHIM EFENDI OPIJAC which are kept in the Archives of of Herzegovina in Mostar]. By HIVZIJA HASANDEDIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke, 4 1976, pp. 57-68.

Detailed description of 18 Arabic MSS.

1976. Djela i kraci sastavi Muslimana BiH koji su napisani na orijentalnim jezicima i koji se nalaze u Arhivu Hercegovine u Mostaru [Works and brief essays written in oriental languages by Bosnian and Herzegovinan Muslims held by the Archives of Herzegovina in Mostar]. By H. HASANDEDIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke, 4, 1976, pp. 117-130.

Describes 23 MSS without titles.

The same article was translated into Turkish and published in Turk Dunyasi Arastirmalari Dergisi, 1980, pp. 73-90.

1977. Katalog arapskih turskih i perzijskih rukopisa. Fihris al-makhtutat al-'Arabiya wa-'l-Turkiya wa-'l-Farisiya. [Catalogue of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian manuscripts.] By HIVZIJA HASANDEDIC. Mostar: Arhiv Hercegovine, 1977, 330 pp.

A very detailed catalogue giving full titles and names of authors, dates of composition, names of scribes, styles of script, dates and places of copying, incipits and indexes, with introduction in English and Arabic.

Describes 756 MSS (564 Arabic; 4 Bosnian; 30 Persian; 158 Turkish).

Franjevacki Provincijalat (Franciscan Provincialate)

Matije Gupce 14
88000 Mostar
Tel. 088-32 853
Date of establishment: 1934
Status: Ecclesiastical Library
Conditions of access: Appointment not essential, but advance notice would be helpful.
Total number of Islamic MSS : 376 (224 Arabic; 3 Bosnian -- 2 in Arabic script, 1 in roman; 13 Persian; 136 Turkish).
Description of collection: For a general survey of this substantial collection, see:
1968-69. Orijentalna zbirka Provincijalata hercegovackih franjevaca. By H. HASANDEDIC. Glasnik Arhiva i Drustva Arhiviskih Radnika Bosne i Hercegovine, 8-9, 1968-69, pp. 15-20.
Published catalogues:
1982. Nekoliko rukopisa iz orijentalne zbirke Provincijalata hervegovackih franjevaca u Mostaru. (Several manuscripts from the oriental collection in the Fraciscan Provincialate in Mostar.) By HIVZIJA HASANDEDIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 7-8, 1982, pp. 161-176.

Includes facsimiles.

1988. The Turkish MSS are included in the Union Catalogue by BOSKOV (see above), pp. 21-90.

Unpublished catalogue: Internal catalogue prepared by H. HASANDEDIC.

M. Tita 104
88000 Mostar
Tel. 088-21-081
Status: Private collection
Conditions of access: Appointment necessary.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 10 (7 Arabic; 3 Turkish). Published Catalogues:
1990. Rukopisi moje biblioteke [MSS in my Library]. By HIVZIJA HASANDEDIC. Islamska Misao, 1990, pp. 32-34.

All MSS described, with full information about titles and authors, and remarks on points of interest.

MUSTAFA KAJTAZ
JNA 8, Gose Ilica 15
88000 Mostar
Tel. 088-38-054
Status: Private collection
Total number of Islamic MSS: 30 (Arabic, Persian, Turkish).

Zavicajni Muzej Hercegovine (Homeland Museum of Herzegovina)

Marsala Tita 160
88000 Mostar
Tel. 088-39 662
Date of establishment: 1950
Status: Museum collection
Conditions of access: Advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 07:00-15:00.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 34 (21 Arabic; 14 Turkish). Published Catalogue:
1978. Nekoliko rukopisa iz orijentalne zbirke Zavicajnog Muzeja Hercegovine u Mostaru [Several manuscripts from the Oriental collection in the Homeland Museum im Mostar]. By H. HASANDEDIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke, 5-6, 1978, pp. 181-186.

Describes 6 MSS (5 Arabic; 1 Turkish).

Unpublished catalogue: There is an internal catalogue.

POCITELJ

c/o Prof. ZULFIKAR RESULOVIC
Bul. Veljka Vlahovica
88300 Pocitelj
Tel. 088-80-494
Status: Private collection
Conditions of access: Appointment necessary
Total number of Islamic MSS : 4 (Arabic).
Description of collection: The collection comprises MSS of Munyat al-musalli, Mukhtasar AL-QUDURI and two other incomplete works of fiqh and Hadith. Published catalogues:
1986. Biblioteka Ali-efendije Resulovica u Pocitelju [Library of Ali-Efendi Resulovic]. By H. HASANDEDIC. Islamska Misao, 90-91, 1986, pp. 22-23.

SARAJEVO

Save Kovacevica 6
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-21 36 57
Date of establishment: 1947
Status: Public archives
Conditions of access: Open to public, Monday-Friday, 7.30-14.30.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 6.
Description of collection: See
1980. Article by LEJLA GAZIC listed under Union Catalog above.

Ghazi Husrev-bey Library

Pariske komune 7
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-53 45 21
Date of establishment: 1537
Conditions of collection: Appointments not essential, but advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 08.00-14.30.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 9,048.
Description of collection: This is the oldest existing Islamic library in Bosnia. During the period 1867-1990 it expanded greatly owing to the transfer of many other private and waqf libraries from different parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most famous of these are the KANTAMIRI library; the MEHMED HANDZIC library; the OSMAN A. SOKOLOVIC library; the KARAGOZ-BEY Library; the ELCI IBRAHIM-PASA Library (see Elci Hadzi Ibrahim-pasin vakuf u Travniku, by ALIJA BEJTIC, El Hidaje 5, 1942, pp. 169-179; 227-240; 276-288).

The library has had its own periodical, Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke, since 1972.

Published catalogues:
1934. Nekoliko dragocjenih rukopisa u Karadjozbegovoj biblioteci u Mostaru [Several valuable MSS from the KARAGOZ-BEY Library in Mostar]. By MEHMED HANDZIC. Glasnik Vrhovnog Islamskog Starjesinstva, 2 xii, 1934, pp. 633-636.

6 autographs of Bosnian writers, 6 transcribed works of Bosnian writers, 1 medical anthology, 2 works from Franciscan Provincialate of Hercegovina. The Karagoz-bey Library was relocated in 1950 and now belongs to the Ghazi Husrev-bey Library.

1944. Popis orijentalnih medicinskih knjiga moje knjiznice [List of oriental medical books in my library]. By OSMAN A. SOKOLOVIC. Narodna Uzdanica: kalendar 1945, Sarajevo, 1944, pp. 111-122.

40 medical MSS. This library also now belongs to the Ghazi Husrev-bey Library.

1951-1953. Katalog arapskih, perzijskih turskih rukopisa [Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts]. By HAZIM SABANOVIC. Sarajevo (Annex to Glasnik Vrhovnog Islamskog Starjesinstva).

Describes 205 MSS, mainly Qur'ans.

1961. Gazi Husrev-begova biblioteka u Sarajevu i neki njeni vazniji orijentalni rukoposisi [Ghazi Husrev-bey Library in Sarajevo and some of its most important oriental manuscripts]. by KASIM DOBRACA. Glasnik Vrhovnog Islamskog Starjesinstva, 12 iv-vi, 1961, pp. 144-151.

1963-1979. Gazi Husrev-begova Biblioteka u Sarajevu. Katalog arapskih, turskih i perzijskih rukopisa. Fihris al-makhtutat al-'Arabiya wa-'l-Turkiya wa-'l-Farisiya. Catalogue of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian manuscripts. Vols. I-II. By KASIM DOBRACA, Sarajevo: Starjesinstvo Islamske Vjerske Zajednice za SR Bosnu i Hercegovinu. 2 vols. XXXII + 607 + 20pp. + 15 plates; XXVII + 1047pp. + 20 plates.

A very detailed classified catalogue, giving full titles, authors' names, scribes' names, styles of script, dates & places of copying, significant colophons, incipits. Indexes of titles and authors. Includes 3,208 titles (2,590 Arabic, 33 Persian, 585 Turkish) in 1,957 volumes. Vol. I covers encyclopaedic works (da'irat al-ma'arif), Qur'ans and Qur'anic sciences, Hadith, dogmatics ('aqa'id) and prayers and invocations (ad'iya and adhkar); Vol. II covers fiqh. Vol. III by ZENJIL FAJIC, awaiting publication, will include a further 670 MSS on ethics (akhlaq) and homiletics (maw'iza). [NOTE: Vol. III was published on the eve of the current war, in 1991.]

1972. Iluminirani rukopisi u Gazi Husrev-begovoj biblioteci. (Manuscripts of great value in Ghazi Husrev-bey's Library.) By ISMET KRIZVIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 1, 1972, pp. 75-90.

Describes some illuminated Qur'ans and illustrated copies of the Divan-i HAFIZ.

1982. Orijentalni medicinski rukopisi u Gazi Husrev-begovoj biblioteci. (Oriental medical MSS in Ghazi Husrev-beg Library.) By KASIM DOBRACA. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 7-8, 1982, pp. 57-76.

Detailed description of 43 MSS (10 Arabic, 32 Turkish, 1 Persian).

1982. Bajtarname-orijentalne veterinarske knjige. (Bajtarnames--Oriental veterinary books.) By FEJZULAH HADZIBAJRIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 7-8, 1982, pp. 77-88.

Gives details of 7 MSS.

1985. Rukopisi djela Sejha Juje u Gazi Husrevbegovoj biblioteci [SHAYKH YUYO's works in manuscripts of Ghazi Husrev-bey Library]. By MUSTAFA JAHIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 11-12, 1985, pp. 39-54.

Describes 26 MSS; 13 of them are autograph copies.

1987. Biblioteka Abdulah-Efendije Kantamirije. (The library of ABDULLAH-EFENDI KANTAMIRI.) By ZENJNIL FAJIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 13-14, 1987, pp. 15-36.

Gives titles, descriptions of content, authors (with dates of death), scribes, dates of copying.

1987. Rukopisi Mehemeda Handzica u Gazi Husrev-begovoj biblioteci. (Manuscripts of MEHMED HANDZIC in Ghazi Husrev-bey Library.) by OSMAN LAVIC. Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 13-14, 1987, pp. 37-51.

Details of 16 MSS (autographs, probably unique), with 10 original and 13 transcribed works in Arabic.

Unpublished catalogues:
1951-. Inventar rukopisa Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke. Series of handwritten accessions registers. See BIRNBAUM (Union Catalogues above), p. 519.

1979-. Privremeni profis rukopis. Temporary accessions register. See ibid.

Koturova 3
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-53 69 67
Status: Public archives
Conditions of access: Appointment not essential, but advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 08.00-14.00.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 1,762 (Arabic; Persian; Turkish).
Description of collection: See
1962. Orijentalna zbirka Arhiva grada Sarajeva [The Oriental collection of the Archives of Sarajevo City]. By R. HAJDAROVIC. Glasnik Arhiva i Drustva Arhivskih Radnika Bosne i Hercegovine, 2, 1962, pp. 101-112. Published catalogues:
1987. Rjecnici u rukopisima na orijentalnim jezicima u Istorijikom Arhivu grada Sarajeva [Dictionaries in oriental MSS of the Historical Archives of Sarajevo City]. By SEJDALIJA GUSIC. Glasnik Arhiva i Drustva Arhivskih Radnika Bosne i Hercegovine, 27, 1987, pp. 135-138.

Describes 30 dictionaries (11 Arabic-Turkish, 3 Turkish-Serbocroatian, 3 Turkish-Arabic-Persian, 3 Persian-Turkish, 3 Arabic-Greek-Persian, 1 Arabic-Arabic, 1 Arabic-German, 1 Serbocroatian-Turkish-French, 1 of Turkish words in Serbocroatian).

Unpublished catalogue: An internal catalogue has been compiled RASIH HAJDAROVIC.

RUSMIR MAHMUTCEHAJIC
Voje Dokica 15
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-45 95 37
Status: Private collection
Conditions of access: Appointment necessary
Total number of Islamic MSS: 35 (Arabic; Persian; Turkish).
Description of collection: These uncatalogued MSS are mainly Qur'ans.

Muzej Grada Sarajeva (City Museum of Sarajevo)

Svetozara Makovica 54
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-53 55 86
Status: Museum collection
Conditions of access: Advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 07.00-14.30.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 20 (Arabic; Persian; Turksih).
Description of collection: see
1980. article by LEJLA GAZIC listed under Union Catalogues above.

Narodna i Univerzitetska Biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine (National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Obala 42
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-21 78 44
Conditions of access: Advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 08.00-1800.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 478.
Published catalogues:
1970. Orijentalna rukopisna djela domacih autora Narodnoj biblioteci Bosne i Hercegovine [The works of domestic authors in oriental manuscripts in the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina]. by MAHMUD TRALJIC. Bibliotekarstvo, 16 iv, 1970. pp. 55-64.

Ten manuscripts whose authors were natives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HASAN KAFI PRUSCAK, MUSTAFA EJUBOVIC, SEJH YUYO, ZIYAUDDIN AHMAD AL-MOSTARI, ISMAIL ABDULKARIM AL-TRAVNIKI, SUDI AL-BOSNAVI, HASAN QA'IMI and MUSTAFA TABAKOVIC).

Unpublished catalogues: There is an accession register of MSS, begun in 1964. See BIRNBAUM (Union Catalogues above), p. 522.

Veljka Cubrilovica 5/III
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-26-463
Date of establishment: 1950
Conditions of access: Advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 07.30-15.00.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 5,263.
Description of collection: 3,475 MSS were the property of the Land Museum (Zemaljskih Muzej) in Sarajevo before the Institute was established. Later the Institute bought 1,788 MSS, mostly from private sources in various parts of Yugoslavia.
Published catalogues:
1942. Arapski, perzijski i turski rukopisi Hrvatskih Zemaljskih Muzeja u Sarajevo [Arabic, Persian and Turkish MSS of the Croatian Land Museum in Sarajevo]. By FEHIM SPAHO. Sarajevo, 1942. IX + 107 pp.

Describes 203 MSS (155 Arabic, 3 Persian, 45 Turkish). Indexes prepared by HAZIM SABANOVIC.

1975. Rukopisna zbirka Orijentalnog Insituta u Sarajevu. (The manuscript collection of the Institute of Oriental Studies of Sarajevo). By SALIH TRAKO and LEJLA GAZIC. Prilozi za Orijentalnu Filologiju, 25, 1975, pp. 27-43.

A survey of the manuscript collection, classifying the works in 20 main scholarly disciplines according to their contents.

1977. Pet starih manuskripata iz zbirke Orijentalnog Instituta u Sarajevu. (Five old manuscripts from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Studies in Sarajevo.) By SALIH TRAKO. Prilozi za Orijentalnu Filologiju, 27, 1977, pp. 247-275.

Deals with the following works: Al-Jami' al-Saghir by SHAYBANI, copied in 549/1154; Commentary on Al-Jami by AL-'ATTABI, copied 613/1216; Al-Nawazil by AL-SAMARQANDI, copied 413/1023; Mukhtalaf al-Riwaya by MUHAMMAD AL-SINHAJI, 654/1256 -- it is believed that this MS. is an autograph -- and Fatawa'l-Khassa by AL-KHWARIZMI, copied 625/1228.

1982-83. Katalog rukopisa iz medicine, farmakologije i higijene u Sarajevu. (A catalog of manuscripts of in medicine, pharmacology, hygiene, and sexology at the Oriental Institute of Sarajevo.) By SALIH TRAKO. Prilozi za Orijentalnu Filogiju, 32-33, 1982-1983, pp. 199-265.

A very detailed catalogue of 101 MSS (81 Turkish, 20 Arabic), giving full title and author, name of scribe, style of scripts, date and place of copying, incipit, explicit, indexes.

1986. Katalog perzijskih rukopisa Orijentalnog Instituta u Sarajevu. [Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Oriental Institute of Sarajevo]. By SALIH TRAKO. Sarajevo: Orijentalni Institut (Posebna Izdanja, 12.) 268 pp. Facsims.

A very detailed catalogue giving full title and author, subjects, date of composition, name of scribe, style of script, date and place of copying, incipit, explicit; indexes of titles, authors, scibes, owners, geographical names, other names. 464 MSS in total.

1990. Lijepa knjizevnost u manuskriptima Orijentalnog Instituta u Sarajevu. (Belles-lettres manuscripts possessed by the Institute of Oriental Studies in Sarajevo -- Diwans.) By LEJLA GAZIC. Prilozi za Orijentalnu Filogiju, 40, 1990, pp. 79-90.

Unpublished catalogue:
1975-. Inventar rukopisa. Handwritten accessions register. See BIRNBAUM (Union Catalogues above), p. 520. Gives basic information on authors, titles and scribes.

ATA SABRIHAFIZOFIC
Remzije Omanovic Cikma 16
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-53 19 97
Status: Private Library
Conditions of access: Appointment necessary.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 74 (42 Arabic; 4 Persian; 28 Turkish). Description of collection: Notable MSS include Diwan HADRAT 'ALI, Tafsir-i KASHIFI and Al-Jami' al-Saghir.
Unpublished catalogue: There is an internal inventory.

Zavod za Zastitu Zdravlja (Institute for Health Protection)

Marsala Tita 7
71000 Sarajevo
Tel. 071-21 78 44
Status: Institute library
Conditions of access: Advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 08.00-15.00.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 48 (8 Arabic; 40 Turkish).
Published catalogues:

1961. Jedna sarajevska zbirka tursko-arapskih rukopisa [A collection of Turkish-Arabic manuscripts in Sarajevo]. By BOZO MILADINOVIC. Bibliotekarstvo, 1, 1961, pp. 17-21; 2, pp. 64-66.

A list with basic information about titles, authors, scribes, etc.

STOLAC

88360 Stolac
Status: Private collection
Conditions of access: Appointments necessary.
Total mumber of Islamic MSS: 50 (39 Arabic; 2 Persian; 9 Turkish).
Published catalogues:
1985. Rukopisna zbirka Habibe Mehmedbasic iz Stolca [Manuscripts collection of Habiba Mehmedbasic from Stolac]. By FEHIM NAMETAK. Anali Gazi husrev-begove Biblioteke, 11-12, 1985, pp. 181-200.

TESANJ

MUSTAFA CEMAN
74260 Jelah (Tesanj)
Status: Private collection
Conditions of access: Appointment necessary.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 8 (5 Arabic; 3 Turkish).

The MSS are not catalogued.

74260 Tesanj
Tel. 074-75 05 58
Status: Public library
Conditions of access: Appointment not essential.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 08.00-18.00; Saturday, 08.00-14.00
Total number of Islamic MSS: ca. 80 (Arabic; Persian; Turkish).

No catalogue or inventory.

TRAVNIK

Skolska 8
72270 Travnik
Tel. 072-81 33 13
Date of establishment: 1954
Status: Public archives
Conditions of Access: Advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 07.30-15.00.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 131 (97 Arabic; 3 Persian; 31 Turkish).
Unpublished catalogue: The MSS are registered in an internal, unpublished, inventory.

TUZLA

M. Pijade 13
75000 Tuzla
Tel. 075-33-516
Date of establishment: 1954
Status: Public archives
Conditions of access: Advance notice would be helpful.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 07.30-15.00
Total number of Islamic MSS: 22 (12 Arabic; 10 Turkish)
Published catalogues:
1990. Orijentalna zbirka 1578-1936: analiticki inventar [Oriental Collection 1578-1936: analytical inventory]. By NERMINA HODZIC. Sarajevo: Drustvo arhivskih radnika Bosne i Hercegovine; Tuzla: Regionalni istorijski arhiv, 1990. 52 pp.

The description of the MSS (pp. 38-40) is very poor -- no information about authors, titles, etc.

VISOKO

71300 Visoko
Tel. 071-73 12 77
Date of estastablishment: 1882
Status: Christian (Roman Catholic) monastic library
Conditions of access: Appointment necessary.
Total number of Islamic MSS: 89 (54 Arabic; 2 Bosnian; 2 Persian; 31 Turkish).
Published catalogues:
1988. The Turkish and Bosnian MSS are catalogued by BOSKOV: see Union Catalogues above.
Unpublished catalogue: The MSS are listed in an internal catalogue.

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'Awwad, Kurkis. Faharis al-makhtutat al-'arabiya fi'l-'alam. Kuwait: Ma'had al-Makhtutat al-'Arabiya, 1984. 2 vols.

Yughuslafiya/Yugoslavia, p. 375; Sarayayfaw/Sarajevo, pp. 376-378; Mustar/Mostar, pp. 378-379.

Bakkar, Yusuf Husayn. "Faharis al-mahktutat al-'Arabiya fi'l-'alam": idafat ukhra. Majallat Ma'had al-Makhtutat al-'Arabiya, 30, 1986, pp. 345-380.

Birnbaum, Eleazar. Turkish manuscripts: cataloguing since 1960 and manuscripts still uncatalogued. Part 2: Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania. Journal of the Oriental Society, 103, 1983, pp. 515-532.

Sarajevo, pp. 517-522; Mostar, pp. 524-525.

Dalil faharis al-makhtutat fi'l-Majma' al-Maliki li-Buhuth al-Hadara al-Islamiya. 2nd ed. Amman: Al-Majma' al-Maliki li-Buhuth al-Hadara al-Islamiya (Mu'assasat Al al-Bayt), 1986. Al-Mulhaq al-awwal, 1987.

Sarayayfaw, p. 392, no. 1007 and Mulhaq, p. 152, no. 233.

Eren, Ismail. Prolozi bibliografiji objavljenih radova o orijentalnim bibliotekama u Jugoslaviji. (Contributions to bibliography of published works about Oriental libraries in Yugoslavia.) Anali Gazi Husrev-begove Biblioteke, 2-3, 1974, pp. 249-258.

Huisman, A.J.W. Les manuscrits arabes dans le monde: une bibliographie des catalogues. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1967. 84 pp.

Sarajevo, p. 84.

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Yugoslavya, pp. 228-229, nos. 327-330.

Mikhailova, I.B., and Khalidov, A.B. Bibliografiya arabskikh rukopisei. Moscow: Nauka, 1982. 302pp.

Saraevo/Sarajevo, pp. 324-325, nos. 1555-1557 and p. 343, no. 1666; Mostar, p. 342, no. 1665.

Nurudinovic, Bisera. Bibliografija jugoslovenske orijentalistike 1918-1945. Bibliography of Yugoslav oriental studies 1918-1945. Sarajevo: Orijentalni Institut, 1986 (Posebna Izdanja, XIII). 296 pp.

Nurudinovic, Bisera. Bibliografija jugoslovenske orijentalistike. Bibliography of Yugoslav orientalistics. 1945-1960. Sarajevo: Orijentalni Institut, 1968 (Posena Izdanja, VI). 242 pp.

Nurudinovic, Bisera. Bibliografija jugoslovenske orijentalistike 1961-1965 godine. Bibliography of Yugoslav oriental studies 1961-1965. Sarajevo: Orijentalni Institut, 1981 (Posebna Izdanja, IX). 181 pp.

Pearson, J.D. Index Islamicus Supplement 1956-1960: a catalogue of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications. Cambridge: Heffer, 1962.

I.d. Catalogues, descriptions of manuscripts. I. Manuscripts: general, pp. 12-14.

Pearson, J.D. and Walsh, A. Index Islamicus: Third Supplement 1966-1970. A catalogue of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications. London: Mansell, 1972.

I.d. Catalogues. i. Manuscripts: general, pp. 16-17.

Pearson, J.D. Index Islamicus: Fourth Supplement 1971-1975. A catalogue of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications. London: Mansell, 1977.

I.d. Catalogues. i. Manuscripts: general, pp. 17-19.

Pearson, J.D. Index Islamicus 1976-1980. Part 1: Articles. London: Mansell, 1983.

I.d. Catalogues. i. Manuscripts: general, pp. 14-16.

Pearson, J.D. Oriental manuscripts in Europe and North America: a survey. Zug: Inter Documentation Company, 1971. (Bibliotheca Asiatica, 7.)

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Roper, G.J. Index Islamicus 1981-1985: a bibliography of books and articles on the Muslim world. London: Mansell, 1991. 2 vols.

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This article is reproduced here by kind permission of the Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation.

The volunteer who typed it in commented that, as she was keying in the entries on these many libraries, the realization suddenly hit her with a physical shock that many, perhaps most of the collections so painstakingly recorded in this list are now ashes. Of course she had known about it before, but this brought home the reality in an almost tangible way. It is indeed difficult to remain unmoved by what was intended as a bibliographic exercise and has instead become an elegy.

Despite all the horrors of this war, and the ongoing genocide whose victims count so many innocent civilians of both sexes and all ages, it remains at a certain level incomprehensible (and at another chillingly logical) that the Serbian nationalists have deliberately targeted and destroyed so much artistic and cultural material. Even the Nazis, after all, amassed a large collection of Judaica from the communities they destroyed with the aim of eventually establishing a "museum of a dead culture." (All that wonderful material, preserved with morbid fascination by the mass murderers themselves, is now housed in the Jewish Museum of Prague.) The Serbian nationalists, however, were not interested in leaving behind any evidence that might indicate that the lands they have appropriated by brute force were once the home of a vibrant mosaic of cultures whose peaceful co-existence and mutual acculturation gives the lie to their most fundamental principles.

Manuscripts have been reduced to ashes, and buildings to rubble. It is our duty not to allow the destruction of memory.

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