Open Access Manuscripts Collection: Omani Ministry of Heritage and Culture

Omani Ministry of Heritage and Culture is making available more than 4,000 manuscripts in the fields of the Humanities, Hadith, Quran, Arabic Language, Jurisprudence, History, Literature, as well as Astronomy, Medicine and Marine Science.

 See also: Alphabetical List of Open Access Islamic Manuscripts Collections

[NOTE via Evyn Kropf: "Please note that these manuscripts are presently not being made available in their entirety open access, but for a fee (at this stage most manuscripts appear to be set at the price of 10 Omani Rials or about 25 USD)... Registration is also required. And images are watermarked.

It is however possible to search the database of descriptive data and to view an excerpt (looks to be around 10 openings or so) without registering or submitting payment.  "

Ocean of Paper Database

"An Ocean of Paper seeks to stimulate new research in the social history of the Sultanate by collecting, cataloging, and publishing the thousands of deeds (called waraqas) produced by Omanis in South Arabia and East Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These deeds, which exist in private and public collections in Oman and East Africa, recount transactions in money, property, and commodities between Omanis from different parts of the country who engaged in activities around the Indian Ocean. Individually, they tell stories of the lives, fortunes, and trajectories of Omani migrants; together, they constitute some of the richest written records we have on any community in the region, and promise to completely reshape the foundations of Omani social and economic history in the Indian Ocean."

Ocean of Paper is a part of Indian Ocean in World History educational resources project of Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center.

New Open Access Journal: Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review

Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (AJBMR)
ISSN 2223-5833

Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (AJBMR) is an open access online international monthly journal, edited by a board members from USA, Malaysia, New Zeeland, Turkey, Kenya, Greece, Oman, Kuwait, India, UK, Taiwan, Obala, Italy, Pakistan and Hong Kong. The mission of the Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (AJBMR) is to widen the diffusion of knowledge among the business and management community round the globe.

Click here to download issue of August, 2011 AJBMR Vol. 1 No. 1 August 2011

Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Open Access Journal: Nizwa

Majallat Nizwa - adabiyya, thaqafiyya, fasliyya
Journal on culture and literature in Arabic

See its Archive with access to previous issues.

Also see the Alphabetical list of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies.