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List of Libraries in Najaf refers to the historical and contemporary collection of public and private libraries in the city of Najaf. These institutions held significant importance due to the presence of the Seminary of Najaf and the residence of numerous Shi'a scholars. However, the passage of time, lack of maintenance, negligence in preservation, and the fragmentation of private collections among heirs or their sale have led to the disappearance of the majority of them.[1] Some researchers maintain that, with the exception of the Alawiyya Library, no library in Najaf has survived for more than 150 or 200 years.[2] According to Rasul Jafariyan, Murtada Gilani (d. 1420/1999), known as Mudarris, compiled a list of libraries in Najaf in his work Tarikh-i Najaf (History of Najaf), which includes the following:

The entrance of the library of the Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a)
  1. Hadratī or 'Alawī Library: Named Maktabat al-Rawda al-Haydariyya, it is located within the courtyard of the Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a).
  1. Bahr al-'Ulūm Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi Bahr al-'Ulum (d. 1212/1797).
  1. Shaykh Ja'far Kashif al-Ghita' Library: Attributed to the author of Kashf al-ghita' (d. 1227/1812).
  1. Turayḥī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Fakhr al-Din al-Turayhi (d. 1085/1674), the author of Majma' al-bahrayn.
  1. Sayyid 'Azīz Library: Belonging to the ancestor of the Al-i Sayyid Safi family.
  1. Hilāl Library: Attributed to Sayyid Ahmad Hilala Najafi.
  1. Āl-i Muḥyī al-Dīn Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad b. Yusuf Najafi of the Al-i Muhyi al-Din family.
  1. Niẓām al-Dawla Library: Attributed to 'Ali Muhammad Khan Nizam al-Dawla b. Amin al-Dawla 'Abd Allah Khan b. Muhammad Husayn Khan Sadr-i A'zam Isfahani (d. 1376/1956).
  1. Iṣfahānī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad Baqir Aqa Najafi Isfahani (d. 1301/1884), the father of Aqa Najafi Isfahani.
  1. Sayyid Mīrzā al-Iṣfahānī Library.
  1. Sayyid 'Alī Baḥr al-'Ulūm Library: Attributed to Sayyid 'Ali b. Rida b. Muhammad Mahdi Burujirdi Bahr al-'Ulum (d. 1298/1881).
  1. Sayyid Muḥammad Baḥr al-'Ulūm Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad b. Muhammad Taqi b. Rida b. Muhammad Mahdi Bahr al-'Ulum.
  1. Nūrī Library: Attributed to Mirza Husayn Nuri (d. 1321/1903).
  1. Yazdī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Tabataba'i Yazdi (d. 1334/1916).
  1. Sharī'at Iṣfahānī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Fath Allah b. Muhammad Jawad, known as Shari'at Isfahani (d. 1339/1921).
  1. Bayt al-'Abūdī Library.
The logo of the Imam Amir al-Mu'minin Public Library
  1. Bayt al-Dujaym Library: Attributed to Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim.
  1. Bayt al-Mashhadī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Ibrahim b. 'Ali Rab'i Mashhadi.
  1. Bayt al-Najaf Library: Attributed to Haj Najaf Tabrizi.
  1. Bayt al-Ḥakīm Library: Also known as al-Hakim Library, attributed to Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim (d. 1390/1970).
  1. Jazā'irī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Ahmad Jaza'iri (d. 1151/1738).
  1. Shaykh Hādī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Hadi Al Kashif al-Ghita'.
  1. Samāwī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad Samawi (d. 1371/1952).
  1. Sayyid Baḥr al-'Ulūm Library: Attributed to Sayyid Ja'far Al-i Bahr al-'Ulum.
  1. Khwānsārī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad 'Ali b. Muhammad Hasan Khwansari, a student of Habib Allah al-Rashti.
  1. Āl-i Qazwīnī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Ahmad Qazwini.
  1. Shūshtarī Husayniyya Library: Established by Haj Muhammad Rida Shushtari; the library of Shaykh 'Ali Muhammad Najafabadi Isfahani was transferred here following his death.
  1. Sayyid 'Abbās Kharsān Library: Established by Sayyid 'Abd al-Rasul Kharsan.
  1. Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn Kishwān Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Kishwan[Note 1], a scholar of Najaf.
  1. Āl-i Ḥabbūsh Library.
  1. Muḥyī al-Dīn Library: Attributed to the man of letters, Shaykh Qasim Muhyi al-Din.
  1. Tihrānī Library: Attributed to Agha Buzurg Tihrani (d. 1389/1970), the author of al-Dhari'a.
  1. Sayyid Muḥammad Ṣādiq Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Sadiq Al-i Bahr al-'Ulum.
  1. Zanjānī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Jawad Zanjani (d. 1350/1931). This collection was transferred to the Shushtari Husayniyya after his death.
  1. 'Āmma Library.
The entrance of Imam al-Hakim Library
  1. Khāmanih'ī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Dana Muhammad, known as Khamaneh'i (d. 1352/1933). This collection was transferred to the Shushtari Husayniyya after his death.
  1. [Imam] 'Alī Library: Named Maktabat al-Imam Amir al-Mu'minin al-Amma, this library was established in Najaf by 'Allama al-Amini (d. 1390/1970), the author of al-Ghadir.
  1. Tihrānī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Tihrani (d. 1357/1938). This collection was transferred to the Shushtari Husayniyya after his death.
  1. Astarābādī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Rida Astarabadi (d. 1336/1917). This collection was transferred to the Shushtari Husayniyya after his death.
  1. Yazdī Madrasa Library: Attributed to the Madrasa of Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Tabataba'i Yazdi.
  1. Tabāṭabā'ī Madrasa Library: Attributed to Sayyid Husayn Tabataba'i Burujirdi (d. 1340 Sh/1961).
  1. Zanjānī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Asad Allah Zanjani, a student of Shari'at Isfahani and Muhammad Husayn Na'ini.
  1. Small Khurasani Madrasa Library.
  1. Shūshtarī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Ahmad Shushtari Jaza'iri, known as Sayyid Aqa Jaza'iri.
  1. Gīlānī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Sha'ban Gilani (d. 1348/1929).
  1. Māzandarānī Library: Attributed to Shaykh 'Abd Allah Mazandarani (d. 1330/1912).
  1. Library [name missing]: Attributed to Sayyid Jawad b. Muhammad Hasan Husayni 'Amili (d. 1226/1811), a student of Wahid al-Bihbahani. It appears that no trace of this library remains.
  1. Māmaqānī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Fadil Mamaqani (d. 1323/1905).
  1. Shaykh Shūshtarī Library: Attributed to Ja'far al-Shushtari (d. 1303/1886).
  1. Ḥirz al-Dīn Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad Hirz al-Din al-Najafi (d. 1365/1946).
  1. Rashtī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Abd al-Husayn al-Rashti (d. 1373/1954).
  1. Iṣfahānī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani (d. 1365/1946).
  1. Khurāsānī Library: Attributed to Muhammad Kazim al-Khurasani (d. 1329/1911), the author of Kifayat al-usul.
  1. Khalīlī Library: Attributed to Husayn Khalili Tihrani (d. 1326/1908).
  1. Maḥallātī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Isma'il Mahallati (d. 1342/1924), the author of al-La'ali al-marbuta fi wujub al-mashruta.
  1. Khwānsārī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Abu Turab al-Khwansari (d. 1345/1927).
  1. Qawām-i Shīrāzī Madrasa Library.
An interior view of the 'Allama Amini Library
  1. Āl-i Jawāhir Library: Attributed to Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi (d. 1266/1850), the author of Jawahir al-kalam.
  1. Great Khalili Madrasa Library: Attributed to the Madrasa of Mirza Husayn Khalili.
  1. Qazwini Madrasa Library.
  1. Iravani Madrasa Library.
  1. Bukhara'i Madrasa Library.
  1. Muntada l-Nashr Library: Established in Najaf through the efforts of Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar (d. 1383/1964).
  1. Nā'īnī Library: Attributed to Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Na'ini (d. 1355/1936).
  1. Faqīhī Library: Attributed to the preacher Mirza Abu l-Hasan Faqihi Gilani (d. 1388/1968); this collection was moved to Iran in 1351/1932.
  1. 'Irāqī Library: Attributed to Aqa Diya' al-Iraqi (d. 1361/1942).
  1. Iṣfahānī Library: Attributed to Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani (d. 1361/1942).
  1. Āl-i Yāsīn Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad Rida Al-i Yasin (d. 1370/1951).
  1. Mudarris Gīlānī Library.
  1. Ṣāliḥ al-Ja'farī Library: Attributed to Professor Salih al-Ja'fari, a member of the family of Ja'far Kashif al-Ghita'.
  1. Fīrūzābādī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Firuzabadi (d. 1345/1927).
  1. Hamadānī Muḥaddith Library: Attributed to Shaykh Shir Muhammad Hamadani.
  1. Hamadānī Ḥusaynī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Husayn Hamadani.
  1. Urdūbādī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad 'Ali al-Urdubadi (d. 1375/1955).
  1. Muqarram Library: Attributed to Sayyid Abd al-Razzaq al-Muqarram (d. 1391/1971).
  1. Sharabiyānī Madrasa Library: Attributed to Muhammad Fadil al-Sharabiyani (d. 1322/1904).
  1. Anṣārī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Murtada al-Ansari (d. 1281/1864).
  1. Sadr Madrasa Library: Attributed to Muhammad Husayn Khan Isfahani, the Grand Vizier of Fath Ali Shah Qajar.
  1. Mallālī Library: Attributed to Mulla Abd Allah al-Yazdi, the author of al-Hashiya 'ala tahdhib al-mantiq.
  1. Murtaḍawī Library: Attributed to Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim Bulbul Badkubi.
  1. Rābiṭa Library: Attributed to the Rabita Association in Najaf.
  1. Jāmi'at al-Najaf Library: Attributed to the Jami'at al-Najaf Madrasa.
  1. Jam'iyyat al-Taḥrīr al-Thaqāfī Library: Attributed to the Jam'iyyat al-Tahrir al-Thaqafi.
  1. 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl-i Ṣāfī Library.
  1. 'Alī Khalīlī Library: Attributed to Shaykh 'Ali b. Khalil Tihrani (d. 1291/1874).
  1. Bāqir Shūshtarī Library: Attributed to Mulla Muhammad Baqir Shushtari.
  1. Jawharjī Library: Attributed to Haj Salih Jawharji.
  1. Shaykh 'Alī Kāshif al-Ghita' Library: Attributed to Shaykh 'Ali b. Muhammad Rida b. Hadi Al-i Kashif al-Ghita'.
  1. Iṣfahānī Rashtī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Shafti (d. 1260/1844).
  1. Sayyid Hāshim Library: Attributed to Sayyid Hashim b. Sayyid Ja'far Al-i Bahr al-'Ulum.
  1. Shaykh Faraj Allāh Library: Attributed to Shaykh Faraj Allah.
  1. Ya'qūbī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad 'Ali Ya'qubi Najafi.
  1. Ṣādiq Kammūna Library: Attributed to Sayyid Sadiq Al-i Kammuna.
  1. Balāghī Library: Attributed to Balaghi, the manager of the I'tidal magazine in Najaf.
  1. Shuhayyib Library: Attributed to Yusuf 'Abd Allah Shuhayyib Hilli.
  1. Fakhr al-Dīn Library.
The entrance of the 'Allama Amini Library
  1. Khuṭabā' Library.
  1. Āl-i Rāḍī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Radi.
  1. Hindī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Hindi.
  1. Ḥabbūbī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Sa'id al-Habbubi (d. 1333/1915).
  1. Sayyid Yazdī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Tabataba'i Yazdi (d. 1337/1919).
  1. Āl-i Muẓaffar Library.
  1. Shabībī Library: Attributed to Muhammad Jawad Shabibi.
  1. Shahristānī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Hibat al-Din al-Shahristani (d. 1386/1967); this library was subsequently moved to Baghdad.
  1. Ḥillī Library: Attributed to Shaykh Abd al-Husayn al-Hilli.
  1. Balāghī Library: Attributed to Muhammad Jawad Balaghi (d. 1352/1933).
  1. Āl-i Ṣāfī Library: Attributed to the Al-i Safi family.
  1. Sharqī Library: Attributed to Shaykh 'Ali b. Ja'far Sharqi.
  1. Shubbār Library: Attributed to Sayyid 'Ali Shubbar Najafi.
  1. Baghdādī Library: Attributed to Sayyid Muhammad Baghdadi, a student of Na'ini.
  1. Baḥr al-'Ulūm Library: Attributed to Sayyid 'Ali b. Hadi Al-i Bahr al-'Ulum.[3]
  1. Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) Library: Attributed to Baqir Sharif al-Qurashi (d. 1433/2012).[4]
  1. Sharbiyānī Library: Attributed to Muhammad Fadil al-Sharbiyani (d. 1322/1904) and located within the Sharbiyani Madrasa.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Muwahhid Abtahi, Ashna'i ba hawza-ha-yi 'ilmiyya-yi Shi'a dar tul-i tarikh, 1365 Sh, p. 284.
  2. ↑ Khalili, Mawsū'at al-'atabāt al-muqaddasa, 1407 AH, vol. 7, p. 221.
  3. ↑ Ja'fariyan, "Kitabkhana-ha-yi Najaf", *Payam-i Baharistan*, 1389 Sh.
  4. ↑ "[[1](https://www.ical.ir/LoadModule.aspx?Command=5A2kJ%2BsNz9jwMGFFYrbVXJhBGoCrlE7tSYoffD%2FGA7s%3D&view=print) Muwarrikh-i buzurg-i tarikh-i Ahl-i Bayt (a) dargudhasht]", Library of the Islamic Consultative Assembly website.
  5. ↑ al-Amini, "Shu'un al-makhtutat: makhtutat Madrasat al-Sharbiyani fi l-Najaf", 1409 AH, pp. 446-448.

Note

  1. ↑ Kishwān is the arabized form of Kafsh-dār (shoekeeper). Since his ancestors were shoekeepers of the Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a), they became known by this name.

References

  • al-Amīnī, Muḥammad Hādī, "Shu'ūn al-makhṭūṭāt: makhṭūṭāt Madrisat al-Sharbiyānī fī l-Najaf (al-'Irāq)", al-Mawsim, 1409 AH, no. 6.
  • Ja'fariyān, Rasūl, "[[2](http://ensani.ir/file/download/article/20101205155707-Pages%20from%20payam8-edit-40). Kitābkhānahā-yi Najaf (faṣlī az kitāb-i tārīkh-i Najaf-i Mudarris Gīlānī)]", Payām-i Bahāristān, 1389 Sh, no. 8.
  • Khalīlī, Ja'far, Mawsū'at al-'atabāt al-muqaddasa, Beirut, Mu'assisat al-A'lamī, 1407 AH.
  • Muwaḥḥid Abṭahī, Ḥujjat, Āshnā'ī bā ḥawzahā-yi 'ilmiyya-yi Shī'a dar ṭūl-i tārīkh, Isfahan, Hawza-yi 'Ilmiyya-yi Isfahan, 1365 Sh.
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