Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XXIII, 593 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789004334625
,
9789004326262
Series Statement:
Handbook of Oriental studies v. 117/1
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- First Section. From the Beginnings until the Appearance of Muḥammad -- Second Section. Muḥammad and His Time -- Third Section. The Period of the Umayyads -- First Section. The Classical Period from circa 750 until circa 1000 -- Second Section. The Post-Classical Period of Islamic Literature from circa 400/1000 until circa 656/1258.
Content:
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
In:
Volume 1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004323308
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe Brockelmann, Carl, 1868 - 1956 History of the Arabic written tradition ; Volume 1 Leiden : Brill, 2016 ISBN 9789004323308
Language:
Arabic
DOI:
10.1163/9789004326262
Author information:
Brockelmann, Carl 1868-1956
