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History of the Arabic written tradition. Supplement volume 2 / by Carl Brockelmann ; translated by Joep Lameer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brockelmann, Carl, 1868-1956.
- Series:
- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 117/4.
- Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East ; v. 117/S2
- Standardized Title:
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic literature--History and criticism.
- Arabic literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1,057 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.
- Summary:
- The present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann’s Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b . for ibn ; Brockelmann’s transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, et cetera; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Preface
- Note to the Reader
- Transcription
- The Decline of Islamic Literature
- From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm i in the Year 1517
- From the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm i in 1517 to the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt in 1798
- From the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt until the British Occupation
- Back Matter
- A Selective Listing of Authors of Unknown Place and Date, in Alphabetical Order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-35644-4
- OCLC:
- 1015897096
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004356443 DOI
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