Publications on the Near East Section Collections
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The people of the Middle East were as eager to learn of
the peoples and places the West as the West was to learn
more about them. In 1732, the Tarih-i
Hind-i garbi (The history of the discovery of America)
was published in Istanbul by Ibrahim Müteferrika. It
has the distinction of being both the first illustrated
book and the first book about America published by Muslims
in the Near East. Depicted is the American animal par excellence,
the bison.
(Near
East Section)
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Bodurgil, Abraham. Atatürk and Turkey: A Bibliography,
1919-1938. Washington: Library of Congress, 1974. 74 pp.
--. Kemal Atatürk: A Centennial Bibliography, 1881-1981.
Washington: Library of Congress, 1984. vii, 211 pp.
--. Turkey, Politics and Government: A Bibliography,
1938-1975. Washington: Library of Congress, 1978. vii, 156
pp.
Pourhadi, Ibrahim V. "The Indian Caste System in an Exquisite
Persian Manuscript." Quarterly Journal of the Library of
Congress 34 (July 1977): 190-207.
--. Iran and the United States, 1979-1981: Three
Years of Confrontation: A Selected List of References.
Washington: Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division,
Library of Congress, 1982. 37 pp. (Mideast Directions Series 82-1).
--. "Iran's Public and Private Libraries." Quarterly Journal
of the Library of Congress 25 (July 1968): 219-29.
--. Persian and Afghan Newspapers in the Library
of Congress, 1871-1978. Washington: Library of Congress,
1979. 101 pp.
Mohassess, Ardeshir. Life in Iran: The Library of
Congress Drawings. With an introduction by Bernard F. Reilly
Jr. Washington: Mage Publishers, 1994. 47 pp. Illustrations.
Selim, George Dimitri. American Doctoral Dissertations
on the Arab World, 1883-1974. 2d ed. Washington: Library
of Congress, 1976. xviii, 173 pp.
--. American Doctoral Dissertations on the Arab
World. Supplement. Washington: Library of Congress,
1983-<1989>. vols. <1-2>
--. Arab Oil: A Bibliography of Materials in the
Library of Congress. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982.
ix, 203 pp. (Near East Series 2).
--. Arab-World Newspapers in the Library of Congress.
Washington: Library of Congress, 1980. v, 85 pp. (Near East Series
1).
--. "Arabic Calligraphy in the Library of Congress." Quarterly
Journal of the Library of Congress 36 (Spring 1979):
140-77.
--. The Arabs in the United States: A Selected List
of References. Washington: Near East Section, African and
Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress, 1983. 43 pp. (Mideast
Directions 83-1).
--. Arabic-English and English-Arabic Dictionaries
in the Library of Congress. Washington: Library of Congress,
1992. xi, 213 pp. (Near East Series 5).
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The Near East Section is responsible for reference assistance
and acquisitions for the North African countries pictured
in "Africa Nova Descriptio," from Le Grand Atlas
(1667) by the scion of a Dutch family of cartphers,
Jean Blaeu. The second edition, in French, is the most extensive
and consists of twelve volumes of intricate maps spanning
the globe.
(Geography and
Map Division)
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Stehle, Dorothy. The Near East National Union List.
Washington: Library of Congress, 1988- . Vol. <1>.
Publications on the Near East Section Collections
Tadros, Fawzi M. The Holy Koran in the Library of
Congress: A Bibliography. Washington: Library of Congress,
1993. xxviii, 449 pp.
Witherell, Julian W. Afghanistan: An American Perspective:
A Guide to U.S. Official Documents and Government-Sponsored
Publications. Washington: Library of Congress, 1986. xiii,
158 pp. (Near East Series 3).
--. The Republic of Turkey: An American Perspective:
A Guide to U.S. Official Documents and Government-Sponsored
Publications. Washington: Library of Congress, 1988. ix,
211 pp.
--. Libya, 1969-1989: An American Perspective: A
Guide to U.S. Official Documents and Government-Sponsored
Publications. Washington: Library of Congress, 1990. ix,
181 pp. (Near East Series 4).
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