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Book SynopsisThe 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, etc.; 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.
Table of ContentsPreface Note to the Reader Transcription Third Book: The Decline of Islamic Literature First Section From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in the Year 1517 Introduction Chapter 1. Egypt and Syria Chapter 2. Iraq and al-Jazīra Chapter 3. North Arabia Chapter 4. South Arabia Chapter 5. Iran and Tūrān Chapter 6. India Chapter 7. The Turks of Rūm and the Ottomans Chapter 8. North Africa Chapter 9. Spain Second Section From the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in 1517 to the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt in 1798 Chapter 1. Egypt and Syria Chapter 2. Al-Jazīra, Iraq, and Bahrain Chapter 3. North Arabia Chapter 4. South Arabia Chapter 5. Oman, East Africa, and Abyssinia Chapter 6. Iran and Tūrān Chapter 7. India Chapter 8. The Malay Archipelago Chapter 9. Rumelia and Anatolia Chapter 10. The Maghreb Chapter 11. The Sudan Third Section From the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt Until the British Occupation Chapter 1. Egypt Chapter 2. Syria Chapter 3. Mesopotamia and Iraq Chapter 4. North Arabia Chapter 5. South Arabia Chapter 6. Oman Chapter 7. Persia Chapter 8. Afghanistan Chapter 9. India Chapter 10. Ceylon, Farther India, and the Malay Archipelago Chapter 11. Istanbul Chapter 12. Russia Chapter 13. The Maghreb Chapter 14. The Sudan Appendix. A Selective Listing of Authors of Unknown Place and Date, in Alphabetical Order 1 Poetry 2 Rhymed Prose and Popular Literature 3 Philology 4 Historiography 5 Ḥadīth 6 Fiqh 7 Sciences of the Qurʾān 8 Dogmatics and Polemics 9 Mysticism and Edifying Works 10 Philosophy and Politics 11 Mathematics and Astronomy 12 Geography and Cosmography 13 Medicine 14 Eroticism 15 Natural Sciences and Technology 16 Alchemy 17 Music 18 Sports 19 Occult Sciences 20 Encyclopaedias
