The Middle East

At The Royal Library materials originating in, or relating to the Middle East, as well as literature on Islam, are for historical reasons divided into three groups: non-Western languages, Western languages except Danish, and Danish. The collections are managed by the Department of Oriental and Judaica Collections, Foreign Collections, and Danish Collections respectively.

Search for manuscripts and museum objects manually via the Center for Orientalia and Judaica.
Search for printed materials via the REX database. For titles acquired before 2005 transcription has to be used; since 2005 it is possible to search in Arabic script.

The Middle East Oriental Collection contains:

• Manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and other languages of relevance for Islamic studies.
  Printed catalogues are available in the Center for Orientalia and Judaica:
  - Codices Orientales Bibliothecae Regiae Hafniensis, Pars II-III, 1851-1857.
  Pdf version of  Pars II.    
  Pdf version of  Pars III.
  - Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts, Xylographs etc in Danish Collections, 1966 ff. Vol. 5.1-5.3 describes the entire collection of Arabic manuscripts.
  The manuscripts may be studied only in the reading rooms of The Royal Library, primarily the Center for Orientalia and Judaica.
• Printed materials in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and other languages of relevance for Islamic studies
  Printed materials since 1945 may in general be borrowed.
  Materials printed before 1945 may be studied only in the reading rooms of The Royal Library, or (with certain exceptions due to rarity or fragility) in other libraries meeting security specifications.
  - For assistance, ask the staff of the Department of Oriental and Judaica Collections.
  
  The older part of the Foreign Collections
  
• Materials in Western languages (except Danish) of relevance for Islamic studies, printed before 1950.
  May be studied only in the reading rooms of The Royal Library, or (with certain exceptions) in other libraries meeting security specifications.
  - For assistance, ask the staff of the Department of Oriental and Judaica Collections, or the staff of the Department of User Services.
  
  Danish Collections
  
• Materials in Danish of relevance for Islamic studies.
  Since 1697 The Royal Library has received a copy of all materials printed in Denmark pursuant to the legal deposit act of that year. The copies thus received are subject to lending restrictions and may be studied only in the reading rooms of The Royal Library, or (with certain exceptions) in other libraries meeting security specifications.  
• Materials in Western languages of relevance for Islamic studies printed in Denmark, irrespective of language,  pursuant to the legal deposit act
  May be studied only in the reading rooms of The Royal Library, or (with certain exceptions) in other libraries meeting security specifications.  
  - For assistance, ask the staff of the Department of Legal Deposit.