Report on the visit to an exhibition (showcasing) the achievements by the Specialized Centers of the Islamic Seminaries

Ayatullahs Shab Zinde Daar, Shaheedi and Qaeni along with the head of the Office of Contemporary Jurisprudence, Sheikh Ithna 'Asheri visited all the present exhibition booths over their 4 hour visit at Masjid Jamkaran and were acquainted with the latest achievements of the Islamic Seminaries of Qum and Isfahan. Similarly, Sheikh Rustam Nejad, with patience and cordial accompaniment, presented comprehensive details of the activities by the Specialized Centers of the Islamic Seminaries. 

The presence of some members of the scientific council of the Office of Contemporary Jurisprudence at the exhibition of the scientific achievements of the seminary's specialized educational units Facts about the Moglistan Library that you may not know!

 - One of the booths which was very interesting for all the teachers was the book of the Massage Amoozish 'Aali Hawza 'Ilmiyya of Isfahan who, through excellent presentation, showed that in this educational centre, specialized (fields) are presented in every field of study for the students of Isfahan and they have also published a collection of works by Ayatullah Mazahiri 

- However the hand-written copy of this collection was also very interesting. As it can be seen in the picture below hand-written copies from many countries in the world have been collected, scanned and catalogued and will later be available for researchers whereby the extent of their work is rare. I instantly remembered that recently a piece of news had been circulating that a library had been found in Moglistan which contains books which the Moguls, after occupying Baghdad, took back with them to Moglistan and it is probable that new books from Islamic sources have also been found within them (this collection). 

I took the opportunity and asked Sheikh Majid Hadi Zadeh who was the head of that booth whether he has any plans for Moglistan? In complete surprise he said that the origin of this news has no reality!! The explanation is that the said library is in Tibet and was used by Buddhist nuns before and lately they removed it's walls and is now available for public visitors. However, simultaneous to this measure, the administration of Iraq announced in a news report that they intend to catalogue a few thousand hand-written copies and the simultaneous publication of both these news reports caused the illusion of the existence of those books in the Tibetan library. The story of Moglistan could have made this news report more interesting and hence for this reason they flew from Tibet to the Mongols. 

Authored by Hussain Ithna 'Asheri