دلال الكتب و دوره في بيع و شراء الكتب عند المسلمين

Abstract EN

The current paper handles the role of the broker of books in selling and purchasing books for Muslims.

As brokerage of books was one of the uncommon professions which constituted the movement of selling and purchasing books, the paper had to begin with showing the linguistic and idiomatic concept of book's brokerage to clarify its reasons and p^poses.

Mahy people have taken book's brokerage as their profession whether they were scholars or others.

The paper also explores the role of book's brokerage as a profess^ that spread in markets of books.

Moreover, the present study investigates the extent to which Muslims are interested in gather^g and trying books so that they can visit fregently book markets to search for and buy books they want.

These markets were like cultural and intellects! forums.

Accordingly, the paper shows the motives of people to go fre^ently to these markets as there is a big difference between the authors and those who want to buy books to form their own libraries concerning the motives of going to book markets.

Becase there are certain faculties and abilities dedicated to any profession, the current paper studies the palifications and facéties that must be available in the character of the book's broker and that enable him or her to know the visitor's purposes to go to book markets.

Moreover, this paper explores the places where the book's broker used to practice his job.

To show his books, the broker used to go to places where people were gathered whether in book markets or other occasions.

He or she might be hired by someone to call for a certain book.

Even in his or her house, the broker sells and buys books.

The current study also investigates the tools and means used by the broker to propagate his books.

Because brokers played a vital role in buying, selling and propagating books which were considered the most important source of learning and educate in these ages, this paper concludes with showing the role of books' broker in the scientific and intellectual life of Muslims