نسخ المخطوطات ووقفها في مدينة حائل 1250-1360ه 1834-1941م

Abstract EN

This study aims at highlighting the phenomenon of copying and dedicating manuscripts (waqfuha) in the city of Hail during the period between 1250 1360/1834-1941.

It tries to reveal the changes caused by teachings of Sheikh Muḥammad bin.

'Abd al-Wahab in intellectual life of Hail, and to identify the most eminent scribes and givers (al-waqifun) of the manuscripts.

To achieve this aim, the study tries to answer the following questions : What is the importance of manuscripts in Hail ? To what extent did its people take care of manuscripts? What are the most important forms of manuscripts copied and dedicated? And what are their most important historical implications ? The study follows historical and the statistical methods, and concluded with several results.

The most important of these were : the care of the people of Hail manuscripts, the predominance of the Islamic theological sciences and the Arabic language on the quality of the copied and dedicated manuscripts, and the variety of the social groups who were concerned with dedicating manuscripts, such as rulers, dignitaries, judges, Mawali and women.