Index Writing in the Islamic Era

Subject Areas : epic

reza Mostafavi sabzevari ¹

1 - استاد دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی.

Received: 2005-11-03 Accepted : 2006-02-01 Published : 2006-02-20

Keywords: Library, Index, Hand Writing Transcription,

Abstract :

The importance and effectivness of book has been obvious for everyone during the history. Din Dabireh has been recognized as the primary book inscription in ancient Iran which was also the language of Avesta. In the First Dari Farsi texts some evidence were Found proving that there were some certain rules for the book and book inscription.      Some of historical documents reveal that there had been many large and precious libraries in Iran in the First centuries after Islam, such as saheb Ebn Ebad's library, Jahez's library, Elmol Hoda's library, Rashid Vatvat's library, Noah Ebn Mansour's library and also the library of military school in Neishabour, and Baghdad.      Therefore, index writing is also as important as book and book writing.  We can name Alfehrest or Fehrestoloom by Ebn olNadim Baghdadi as an example Which has been Known in Europ Since  Century. Index, writing in the Field of Persian Literature and culture went farther than Iran dominion. In this case we can name many of index writing in the India continent which has been provided for persian, Arabic, and Urdu books. In this essay we are going to indicate much of them