Specialized Library of History

This library was founded in 1416 A.H. with an aim to encourage scientific studies on religious history. The number of books collected so far in this library totals 45000 volumes. With each year passing more and more books are added to this collection. Some of the most topics available in this library are enumerated as below:

1- Tradition of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) plus history of prophets, (800) volumes.
2- History of Islam, (1400) volumes.
3- Traditions and rites of the Infallibles (a.s.) (1400) volumes.
Some of these books are specifically about the lives of the infallibles (a.s.)
4- History of Iran, more than one thousand volumes.
5- History of the Islamic states and governments - like the Ottoman Empire and other smaller goverments etc. - (200) volumes.
6- Caliphate and government, (550) volumes.
7- Culture and civilization, (1400) volumes.
8- History of the world, (700) volumes.
9- History of Iran, Arab peninsula, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine , Syria, Lebanon, Constantinople, Afghanistan, Morocco and Africa plus general geography (4300) volumes.
10- History of religions and sects, (900) volumes.
11- Shiite history, (300) volumes.
12- Biography of religious scholars, (2000) volumes.
13- General biography of Muslim scholars.
14- Journeys, (450) volumes.
15- History of Sciences, (400) volumes.
16- Religious movements, (500) volumes.
17- Relations, (300) volumes.
18- History of Persian literature, (400) volumes.
19- Indexes of scripts, (700) volumes.
20- Encyclopedia.
21- Latin books written about the history of Islam and Iran.
22- Architecture, (100) volumes, in Arabic, English, and Farsi.
23- Magazines and periodicals.
This library is in close contact with many international universities and centers such as Al-Forqan Islamic Center in London and Oriental Studies Center in Japan. Also it is corresponding with western writers some of whom have sent their articles to the library.

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