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Atıf Efendi Library, is an Ottoman library that is located in Vefa district of Istanbul. It was founded by Atıf Efendi, after whom it is named. It was founded in 1741 and another building consisting of 3 apartments were built for the Librarians who worked at the Library. The three librarians were to work 5 days a week, having tuesday and friday off. They were also tasked with being Imam and Muezzin during the prayers that were performed with other muslims, like friday prayers, Eid prayers, or just daily prayers with other muslims.[1]

The Library itself was overlooked by Ottoman Intelectuals and Emperor himself until 1869, when an inspection and restoration took place. According to official documents, there were 1.998 books in the Library in 1869, including many unique books that were handwritten and no copy of them were ever reproduced.[2]

The Important books that were located in the Library was listed by Fuat Sezgin, in one of his works that was published in 1954.[3] According to Fuat Sezgin, there was a copy of Muqaddimah in the Library, that had Ibn Khaldun's own handwriting in it.[4]

Atıf Efendi Library is located less than 100 meters away from Süleymaniye Mosque and it can be seen from darüşşifa building of the complex.

References

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  1. ^ RUKANCI, Furkan. "Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi". DergiPark.
  2. ^ ATEŞ, Nilüfer (25 May 2022). "THE ISTANBUL WAQF LIBRARIES IN THE LIGHT OF A CENSUS LIST DATED 1869". Diyanet İlmî Dergi: 804 – via DergiPark.
  3. ^ https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/157694
  4. ^ SEZGİN, Fuat (1954). "Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesinin Vakfiyesi". Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi: 141 – via Dergipark.