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Sezgin Online available to 30 October!
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Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums, bd 1-9
A bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition
Sezgin Online consists of volumes 1-9 of Fuat Sezgin's renowned Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest and most modern bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular.
Sezgin Online offers bio-bibliographical information about renowned figures (writers, poets, philosophers, physicians, scientists, linguists etc.) from the Islamic world in the following subjects:
• Qur’anic studies, law, mysticism (vol. 1)
• poetry in Arabic until the eleventh century CE (vol. 2)
• the history of Islamic medicine (vol. 3)
• chemistry (vol. 4)
• mathematics (vol. 5)
• astronomy (vol. 6)
• astrology (vol. 7)
• lexicography (vol. 8)
• grammar (vol. 9)
Sezgin Online complements Brockelmann Online and Brockelmann in English and is an indispensable research tool for Middle Eastern and Islamic studies.
Features and Benefits:
• Standard reference in the field.
• Largest and most modern bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world.
• The first and only online version of this standard reference.
• Includes content from 9 of the original volumes (4,959 pages total in print).
• Full-text searchable.
Just for fun, here’s an article on how to use the GAS to improve your German, win friends, and influence people—or just find manuscripts to base a dissertation on.
