We have already published two blog posts (check the first one here and the second one here) about the online available issues of al-Waqāʾiʿ al-Miṣriyya that the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) scanned at our request through Sean Swanick at the Duke University Library. They continue the good work so we can again create a post about the new online available issues.
The newly available issues include the almost full run of the second half of the 1840s and the 1870-1874 period. In the 1870s, some of the available issues are the Rūznāme-i Vakaye-i Misriye, the Ottoman edition of al-Waqāʾiʿ al-Miṣriyya, which, contrary to popular and even scholarly beliefs, continued up to 1882 as an edition separate from the Arabic one. The online availability of these issues is a real gift for the scholars of the khedivate of Egypt.
The breakdown of the new batch according to years is the following:
1261/1845-1266/1849: Almost complete series between 1261/1845 and 1266/1849 (numbering of issues restarts from 22 Ṣafar 1261) (many PDFs have multiple issues scanned together)
1266/1850: Two Ottoman issues from 1850
1267/1851: One Ottoman issue from 1851
1286-1288/1870-1871: complete
1288/1872: only January 1872 issues
1289-1290/1873: complete (from Ṣafar 1290/April 1873 the PDfs are mixing the Arabic editions and the Rūznāme-i Vakaye-i Misriye issues)
1290-1291/1874: complete (mixture of Arabic and Ottoman editions continues)
This batch makes thus the 1840s period almost complete. It is also a fantastic addition to the crucial 1870s which is now almost fully complete between 1870-1877.
You can always check the Jaraid Chronology for the full range of available issues and holding institutions.
We would like to thank the dedicated staff of CRL for their fantastic work and service to scholarship. It is our sincere hope that both CRL and other holding institutions will continue to make available online their collections of this fundamental source for the modern history of Egypt, the Ottoman Empire, Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
(A.M.)
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