History of the Arabic written tradition. / Volume 1 / / by Carl Brockelmann ; translated by Joep Lameer ; with a preface by Jan Just Witkam.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, Volume 117/1
• VerfasserIn: Brockelmann, Carl, 1868-1956,
• TeilnehmendeR: Lameer, Joep,; Witkam, J. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; German
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Volume 117/1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (617 pages).

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.

Table of Contents

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.