This catalogue covers aproximately 1000 original manuscripts and their available copies in the collections of 129 major libraries of Turkey. The total number of manuscripts is approximately 5000. Catalogue of Islamic Medical Manuscripts (Arabic, Turkish and Persian) in the Libraries of Turkey: ‘The scale of this undertaking is formidable… Researchers are much indebted to the compilers of this catalogue as a valuable and useful reference work.’ L. I. Conrad, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London,1988 ‘The catalogue is perhaps the best of its kind to come out in recent history. It marks the beginning of an era of critical assessment in the field of Islamic medical historiography.’ M. A. Anees, Muslim World Book Review,6, No.1,1985