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Phone: 02-25751078 / 02-25752883 / 02-25750886<br> | Phone: 02-25751078 / 02-25752883 / 02-25750886<br> | ||
Fax: 202-25789547 | Fax: 202-25789547 | ||
* [http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/ar-eg/Pages/Home.aspx Website] | * [http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/ar-eg/Pages/Home.aspx Website] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_National_Library_and_Archives Wikipedia: Egyptian National Library and Archives] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_National_Library_and_Archives Wikipedia: Egyptian National Library and Archives] | ||
* [https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/dar-al-kutub-manuscripts UNESCO: Dar Al-Kutub Manuscripts article] | |||
* [https://islamicana.com/guides/manuscript-guide/cairo/ Visiting the archive] (article) | |||
** The National Archives contain census records, Sharia court records, and Ottoman records in their [http://www.darelkotob.gov.eg/ar-eg/Pages/HeritageCategoryDetails.aspx?cid=3#top Documents] collection, but these have not been digitized and are only viewable in-person after following all of the correct visiting procedures | |||
[https://eap.bl.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=country%3AEgypt '''Endangered Archives: Egypt'''] | [https://eap.bl.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=country%3AEgypt '''Endangered Archives: Egypt'''] | ||
'''Dar al-Mahfuzat al-ʿUmumiyya''' <br> | '''Dar al-Mahfuzat al-ʿUmumiyya''' <br> | ||
2 Shari’a al-Mahjar<br> | 2 Shari’a al-Mahjar<br> | ||
Cairo, Egypt<br> | Cairo, Egypt<br> | ||
[https://hazineblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/daralmahfuzat/ Informational article, Hazine]<br> | * [https://hazineblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/daralmahfuzat/ Informational article, Hazine]<br> | ||
Permission needs to be requested from the Security Bureau (Maktab al-Amn) of the Property Tax Office of the Finance Ministry, at the left side of the Saʿd Zaghlul Mausoleum. | * Permission needs to be requested from the Security Bureau (Maktab al-Amn) of the Property Tax Office of the Finance Ministry, at the left side of the Saʿd Zaghlul Mausoleum. Three important collections are described below: | ||
** The pension dossiers of state employees between the 1830s and 1959. In these dossiers one can trace the entire careers of state employees and obtain some information on their heirs. These files provide also an insight into the administrative work and cooperation between different branches of the state. | |||
** The tax-registers of buildings in Cairo which once belonged to the Cairo Governorate [Muhafazat Misr]), and possibly of other cities as well, from the turn of the century to the early 1950s. | |||
*The pension dossiers of state employees between the 1830s and 1959. In these dossiers one can trace the entire careers of state employees and obtain some information on their heirs. These files provide also an insight into the administrative work and cooperation between different branches of the state. | ** Tax registers of agricultural lands.<ref>"Informational article", Hazine, https://hazineblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/daralmahfuzat/, accessed 2 December 2022.</ref> | ||
*The tax-registers of buildings in Cairo which once belonged to the Cairo Governorate [Muhafazat Misr]), and possibly of other cities as well, from the turn of the century to the early 1950s. | |||
*Tax registers of agricultural lands.<ref>"Informational article", Hazine, https://hazineblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/daralmahfuzat/, accessed 2 December 2022.</ref> | |||
'''Hazine'''<br> | '''Hazine'''<br> | ||
[https://hazine.info/visual-sources-middle-east-north-africa-islamic-studies-online/ Website]<br> | * [https://hazine.info/visual-sources-middle-east-north-africa-islamic-studies-online/ Website]<br> | ||
Online | ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20230329100339/https://hazine.info/researching-modern-egypt-online/ Researching Modern Egypt Online] - List of online collections for Modern Egypt research | ||
==Libraries== | ==Libraries== | ||
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:The Digital Assets Repository (DAR) is a system developed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, to create and maintain the Library's digital collections. Explore our large collection of Arabic digital books, photo albums and more. Source: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.<br> | :The Digital Assets Repository (DAR) is a system developed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, to create and maintain the Library's digital collections. Explore our large collection of Arabic digital books, photo albums and more. Source: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.<br> | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina Wikipedia: Bibliotheca Alexandrina] Information and details about the Library.<br> | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina Wikipedia: Bibliotheca Alexandrina] Information and details about the Library.<br> | ||
'''St. Catherine’s Monastery Library'''<br> | '''St. Catherine’s Monastery Library'''<br> | ||
Phone, Athens Dependency: +30 210 6461 401<br> | Phone, Athens Dependency: +30 210 6461 401<br> | ||
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[http://www.sinaimonastery.com/index.php/en/library Website] | [http://www.sinaimonastery.com/index.php/en/library Website] | ||
::The library, founded sometime between 548 and 565, is the oldest continuously operating library in the world. The monastery library preserves the second largest collection of early codices and manuscripts in the world, outnumbered only by the Vatican Library. It contains Greek, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Syriac, Coptic, Georgian, Arabic, Ethiopic/Ge‘ez, Latin, Armenian, Church Slavonic, and Caucasian Albanian manuscripts and books. It also contains some very rare Hebrew Language books.<ref>"Saint Catherine's Monastery", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery, accessed 2 December 2022.</ref> | ::The library, founded sometime between 548 and 565, is the oldest continuously operating library in the world. The monastery library preserves the second largest collection of early codices and manuscripts in the world, outnumbered only by the Vatican Library. It contains Greek, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Syriac, Coptic, Georgian, Arabic, Ethiopic/Ge‘ez, Latin, Armenian, Church Slavonic, and Caucasian Albanian manuscripts and books. It also contains some very rare Hebrew Language books.<ref>"Saint Catherine's Monastery", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery, accessed 2 December 2022.</ref> | ||
'''Arab Genealogy Books Online'''<br> | |||
[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/MENA/egypt-books Website]<br> | |||
Open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. Books contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages. | |||
==Museums== | ==Museums== | ||
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Kasr El Aini St<br> | Kasr El Aini St<br> | ||
Cairo, Egypt<br> | Cairo, Egypt<br> | ||
Telephone: +20 7958014<br> | Telephone: +20 7958014<br> | ||
Fax: +20 7958048<br> | Fax: +20 7958048<br> | ||
[https://moi.gov.eg Website] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Egypt]][[Category:Egypt Archives and Libraries]] | [[Category:Egypt]][[Category:Egypt Archives and Libraries]] | ||