History of the Arabic written tradition. / Volume 2 / / by Carl Brockelmann ; translated by Joep Lameer.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One, Near and Middle East = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section One, Near and Middle East, Volume 117/2
• VerfasserIn: Brockelmann, Carl,
• TeilnehmendeR: Lameer, Joep,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; German
• Series: Handbook of Oriental studies. Ancient Near East ; Volume 117/2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (638 pages).
• Notes: Originally published as Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur in 1898 and 1902 -- Title page verso of volume 1.

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 -- First Section From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm i in the Year 1517 -- Second Section From the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm i in 1517 to the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt in 1798 -- Third Section From the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt in 1798 until the Present Day.