The Library holds more than 60,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Persian,

and other languages. The collection's contents span several centuries and several

subjects, including religion, the natural sciences, mathematics, poetry, linguistics, history,

and sociology. The Library's holdings also include papyri, maps, calligraphic albums and

panels, detached book covers, early printed books and periodicals, and more than 12,000

numismatic objects such as coins and medals. The Library is proud to enable the public

to appreciate the rich intellectual and artistic legacy of the Muslim World by exhibiting a

selection of its collection's treasures in its museum at Bab al-Khalq.