The  Heritage Library
Subtitle: treasures of Islamic and Arabic heritage .
Contributors: Qatar Foundation
Publisher: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Dawḥah, Qatar]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789992161074
Subjects: Astronautical instruments; Publishing; Arabic Manuscripts; Periodicals; Arabic literature; Early printed books; Maps; Early works to 1800; Arabic newspapers; Maktabat al-Turāth al-ʻArabī wa-al-Islāmī (Dawḥwah, Qatar); Arabic imprints; Exhibitions
Other titles: Treasures of Islamic and Arabic heritage; Maktabah al-turāthīyah:
Description: "The founder of the library, H.E. Shaikh Dr. Hasan Bin Mohamed Al-Thani ... has been able, in a period of 20 years, to collect about 85,000 titles in different subjects which some date back [to the] 15th century, the discovery of printing in Europe ...The Library was established in early 1979 when Sheikh Hassan took an initiative of collecting rare and famous European books and encyclopedias in different fields ... Today, this library is one of the most important research centres not only in the Gulf region but also in the Middle East. It contains about 85,000 invaluable books in Arabic and foreign languages, about 600 antique maps, charts and 2000 manuscripts"--P. [8].
Notes: "Introduction" signed: Mohammed Hammam Fikri.

English and Arabic.
Table of contents: title: Foreign languages; title: Science; title: Andalusia; title: Religion; title: Travels; title: Maps; title: Instruments; title: Art; title: Arabic periodicals; title: Arabic manuscripts; title: Early Arabic prints.