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Kashf al-Zunun 'an Asami al-Kutub wa al-Funun is a bibliographic encyclopedia of books and sciences compiled by Turkish polymath Kâtip Çelebi. It was written in Arabic and was based on the Miftāḥ al-Saʿāda wa-miṣbāḥ al-Siyādah by the c.16th Ottoman historian, Taşköprüzade. However the Kaşf substantially enlarges it, cataloging titles of approximately 15,000 books; 9,500 names of authors; and 300 sciences and arts. The work is seen as a significant example of and contribution to Ottoman historiography.

Contents
• Vol.1. Preface & Letter alif • Vol.2. Letters -jím • Vol.3. Letters -sín • Vol.4. Letters shín-cáf • Vol.5. Letters káf-mím ( -moghíth) • Vol.6. Letters mím (mofátehat- )- • Vol.7. Library catalogues of Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Rhodes and Istanbul. ==Editions==
Editions
• Muhammad Azti Effendi Boshnah Zadeh (d. 1681). • Ibrahīm al-Rūmi al-Arabji (d. 1775) mentioned by Khalil al-Muradi in his biographic dictionary Silk al-Durar (Arabic). • Ahmed Hanífzádeh, Mollae El-Hájj Ibrahím Haníf Efendi, ed., () (d.1802) titled (Athārnū) (). Contains 5000 books. Appended by Flügel in Vol.VI, Leipzig edition (1835–1858) with Latin translation and a volume for Oriental libraries. • Sheikh Islam Aref Hikmat, ed., (d.1858) up to the letter jím (c). (See Al-Arab Al-Arab 2: 897). • Ishmael Pasha al-Baghdadi, ed., (d.1921), titled The Explanation of the Makenun. Contains 19000 books and was followed by translations of the authors (1941). • Ismail Saeb Singer, ed. • Jamil al-‘Uẓmā () ('The Great Beauty') (1933), titled al-Sirr al-Maṣūn () ('Well-kept Secret' - kh) with introduction (1000 page) titled Book of Science and Travel (). • Mohammed Al-Sadiq Al-Nefir (1938), titled Salwa Al-Mahzun. • Muhammad bin Mustafa al-Bakri ed., (d. 1782), Khulāsat Tahqíq az-Zunūn ()('Investigation of Suspicions, abridged'); Index to al-Kashf and amendments. • Ali Khairi, ed., (d.1909) Ḍiyā’ al-‘Aiūn () (Illumination of the Eminent); a footnote to al-Kashf. • Sources of Andalusian heritage: the publications of the Cultural Center in Abu Dhabi, pitfalls of correcting Haji Khalifa in dealing with the heritage of Andalusia. • Abridgement and supplement; Hussein Abbasi Nabhani Halabi, ed., (d.1684), titled ('The Complete Memorial of Antiquities'). ==Translations==
Translations
Lexicon Bibliographicum et Encyclopaedicum,(1835-58) Arabic-Latin by Gustav Leberecht FlügelBibliothèque Orientale, (1697) French by Barthélemy d'Herbelot and Antoine Galland, with contributions from Johann Jacob Reiske and Henry Albert Schultens. ==Notes==
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