This guide provides links to all Open Access Islamic Manuscripts Collections. The manuscripts are all digitized, and may be in Arabic, Persian, or Ottoman Turkish. Site texts are in English, French, German and more.
For more information on Islamic manuscripts studies online, see "Islamic Manuscript Studies: A Research Guide" by Evyn Kropf (University of Michigan)
All images via CC from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Aga Khan Museum (AKM) Manuscripts
American University in Beirut-- Jafet Library
al-Aqsa Mosque Library, East Jerusalem
Arabic and Berber manuscripts in Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur Libraries
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Munchen
Berlin Staatsbibliothek -- Orient Digital
Bibliotheque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze
Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliografico (Spain)
British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Cambridge Digital Library-- Islamic Manuscripts
Cambridge University Shahnama Project
Fihrist Oxford and Cambridge Islamic Manuscripts Catalogue Online
Gallica-- Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF)
Harvard University Islamic Heritage Project (IHP) Manuscripts
Indiana University Manuscripts
Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine
King Saud University, Makhtota Manuscripts Library
Kopenhagen, Konigliche Bibliothek
The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection of Manuscripts
