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Islam: Call Number Ranges for Islam

A guide to library resources on Islam

Call Number Ranges for Islam

BP: Islam

BP1-253        Islam
BP1-68            General
BP42-48                Study and teaching
BP50-68                History
BP70-80            Biography
BP75-77.75                Muammad, Prophet, d. 632
BP87-89            Islamic literature
BP100-(157)            Sacred books
BP100-134                Koran
BP128.15-129.83        Special parts and chapters
BP130-134                    Works about the Koran
BP135-136.9                Hadith literature.  Traditions.  Sunna
BP137-137.5                Koranic and other Islamic legends
BP160-165            General works on Islam
BP165.5            Dogma (‘Aqā’id)
BP166-166.94            Theology (Kalām)
BP167.5            Heresy, heresies, heretics
BP168            Apostasy from Islam
BP169            Works against Islam and the Koran
BP170            Works in defense of Islam.  Islamic apologetics
BP170.2            Benevolent work.  Social work.  Welfare work, etc.
BP170.3-170.5            Missionary work of Islam
BP171-173            Relation of Islam to other religions
BP173.25-173.45  Islamic sociology
BP174-190            The practice of Islam
BP176-181                The five duties of a Moslem.  Pillars of Islam
BP182                Jihad (Holy War)
BP184-184.9      Religious ceremonies, rites, etc.
BP186-186.97    Special days and seasons, fasts, feasts, festivals, etc.  Relics
BP187-187.9      Shrines, sacred places, etc.
BP188-190         Islamic religious life
BP188.2-188.3                    Devotional literature
BP188.45-189.65                Sufism.  Mysticism.  Dervishes
BP189.68-189.7                  Monasticism
BP191-253            Branches, sects, etc.
BP192-194.9                Shiites
BP221-223                Black Muslims
BP232                Moorish Science Temple of America
BP251-253                Nurculuk