The Catalogue of Books at Sho aiyyeh School Library in Shiraz

Sho’aiyyeh school was one of the famous schools in Shiraz during Qajar era.It was established by Jafarqoli Saham-al Dole, the then governor of Fars in 1327 A.H in the former Toupkhane Square next to armory office. As the land formerly belonged to a school that was part of Sho’al-Saltaneh’s buildings in Shiraz, it was named after him. The catalogue of books in Sho’aiyyeh school library includes 403 ordinal numbers written in 28 single pages in nasta’liq script. Titles of the books are rather diverse from different fields; apparently containing few duplicates. Slightly more than one-fifth of them are manuscripts and the rest are prints. The explanatory text accompanying each book contains number, title, script, kind of the book (hand written or printed) and the place of publication; in some cases name of the writer or scriber, language ( Arabic, Farsi, or Hebrew) size, type and color of paper or cover and etc. are also mentioned.