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The Arabic Writing Tradition, an Historical Survey, Volume 13
Mathematical Geography and Cartography in Islam and Their Legacy in the West
Series: - Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, Volume: 167.13
- The Arabic Writing Tradition: An Historical Survey, Volume: 167.13
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For over sixty years, Professor Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the literary and scientific writings and achievements of Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general, and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular, is still of utmost importance for the field.
Fuat Sezgin (1924â2018, Ph.D. Istanbul, 1951), a renowned Turkish orientalist and historian of science, was Professor Emeritus of the History of Natural Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, and the founder and long-term director of the Institute of the History of the Arab-Islamic Sciences at that university. He also established Frankfurtâs (1983) and Istanbulâs (2008) Museum for the History of Science and Technology in Islam, bringing together nearly 800 ingenious replicas of historical scientific instruments and medical tools. His best-known publication is Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums, a systematically organised bio-bibliographical reference in seventeen volumes on the history of science and technology in the Islamic world. Being a literary history in the broadest sense of the word, this magnum opus dedicates a large part of its focus to the history of science and technology in the Islamic world.
Joep Lameer (Ph.D. Leiden, 1992) specialises in Islamic philosophy and logic. Proficient in Persian and Arabic, he has a passion for philology and codicology, publishing books and scholarly articles, some of them jointly with young and upcoming scholars from Iran. A resident of Tehran for several years, he was awarded the Iranian Book of the Year Prize in 2010 for a study on the epistemology of MullÄ á¹¢adrÄ (17th cent.). Doing much to promote Iranian scholarship outside Iran, he was actively involved in Brillâs publication of the Miras Maktoob Persian e-book Collection some years ago.
Joep Lameer (Ph.D. Leiden, 1992) specialises in Islamic philosophy and logic. Proficient in Persian and Arabic, he has a passion for philology and codicology, publishing books and scholarly articles, some of them jointly with young and upcoming scholars from Iran. A resident of Tehran for several years, he was awarded the Iranian Book of the Year Prize in 2010 for a study on the epistemology of MullÄ á¹¢adrÄ (17th cent.). Doing much to promote Iranian scholarship outside Iran, he was actively involved in Brillâs publication of the Miras Maktoob Persian e-book Collection some years ago.
Foreword
List of Figures
1 Introduction
âA.âHistorical Overview
âB.âThe Discovery of the American Continent by Muslim Navigators Before Columbus
2 Greek Sources
âPtolemy
3 Arabic-Islamic Authors
âAn Anonymous Table
âAl-FazÄrÄ«
âYaÊ¿qÅ«b b. ṬÄriq
âMaʾmÅ«nâs Geography
âAl-KhwÄrizmÄ«
âIbn MÄshÄʾallÄh
âAl-FarghÄnÄ«
âAl-KindÄ«
âMuḥammad b. MÅ«sÄ al-Munajjim
âAl-SarakhsÄ«
âḤabash
âAnonymous (3/9â4/10 cent.)
âSuhrÄb
âAl-BattÄnÄ«
âAbÅ« Naá¹£r al-Munajjim al-QummÄ«
âIbn YÅ«nis
âIbn SurÄqa al-Ê¿ÄmirÄ«
âKushyÄr b. LabbÄn
âAl-BÄ«rÅ«nÄ«
âAbÅ« Ê¿Awn
âIsḥÄq b. al-Ḥasan
âAl-KhÄzinÄ«
âDustÅ«r al-munajjimÄ«n
âAl-ZarqalÄ«
âIbn FÄá¹ima
âAl-IdrÄ«sÄ«
âIbn al-KammÄd
âK. al-Aá¹wÄl wal-Ê¿urūḠli-l-Furs
âAl-QiyÄs
âAl-MarrÄkushÄ«
âAl-AbharÄ«
âNaṣīraddÄ«n al-ṬūsÄ«
âIbn AbÄ« Shukr al-MaghribÄ«
âIbn SaÊ¿Ä«d
âQuá¹baddÄ«n al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ«
âIbn al-RaqqÄm
âAbu l-FidÄʾ
âḤamdallÄh MustawfÄ«
âAl-KhalÄ«lÄ«
âAn Anonymous ZÄ«j (8th/14th century)
âThe Anonymous K. al-JughrÄfiyÄ
âÊ¿AbdalḥalÄ«m b. SulaymÄn al-ṬūqÄtÄ«
âGhiyÄthaddÄ«n al-KÄshÄ«
âḤÄfiáº-i AbrÅ«
âAl-BÄkuwÄ«
âA Vatican Anonymous
âOne ḤÄjjÄ« Aḥmad from Tunis
âCartographers of the al-SharafÄ« al-SafÄqusÄ« Family
âMuá¹£á¹afÄ b. Ê¿AlÄ« al-Muwaqqit
âAbu l-Faá¸l Ê¿AllÄmÄ«
âÊ¿AbdallÄh b. á¹¢alÄḥaddÄ«n Ibn DÄʾir
âá¹¢Ädiq-i Iá¹£fahÄnÄ«
âTwo Maps of Northern Asia
âAbÅ« Bakr b. BahrÄm al-DimashqÄ«
4 Arab and Turkish Navigators
âIbn MÄjid
âSulaymÄn al-MahrÄ«
âSÄ«dÄ« Ê¿AlÄ«
âPÄ«rÄ« Reʾīs
Bibliography
Index of Personal names
Index of Book titles
Index of Place Names and Technical Terms
List of Figures
1 Introduction
âA.âHistorical Overview
âB.âThe Discovery of the American Continent by Muslim Navigators Before Columbus
2 Greek Sources
âPtolemy
3 Arabic-Islamic Authors
âAn Anonymous Table
âAl-FazÄrÄ«
âYaÊ¿qÅ«b b. ṬÄriq
âMaʾmÅ«nâs Geography
âAl-KhwÄrizmÄ«
âIbn MÄshÄʾallÄh
âAl-FarghÄnÄ«
âAl-KindÄ«
âMuḥammad b. MÅ«sÄ al-Munajjim
âAl-SarakhsÄ«
âḤabash
âAnonymous (3/9â4/10 cent.)
âSuhrÄb
âAl-BattÄnÄ«
âAbÅ« Naá¹£r al-Munajjim al-QummÄ«
âIbn YÅ«nis
âIbn SurÄqa al-Ê¿ÄmirÄ«
âKushyÄr b. LabbÄn
âAl-BÄ«rÅ«nÄ«
âAbÅ« Ê¿Awn
âIsḥÄq b. al-Ḥasan
âAl-KhÄzinÄ«
âDustÅ«r al-munajjimÄ«n
âAl-ZarqalÄ«
âIbn FÄá¹ima
âAl-IdrÄ«sÄ«
âIbn al-KammÄd
âK. al-Aá¹wÄl wal-Ê¿urūḠli-l-Furs
âAl-QiyÄs
âAl-MarrÄkushÄ«
âAl-AbharÄ«
âNaṣīraddÄ«n al-ṬūsÄ«
âIbn AbÄ« Shukr al-MaghribÄ«
âIbn SaÊ¿Ä«d
âQuá¹baddÄ«n al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ«
âIbn al-RaqqÄm
âAbu l-FidÄʾ
âḤamdallÄh MustawfÄ«
âAl-KhalÄ«lÄ«
âAn Anonymous ZÄ«j (8th/14th century)
âThe Anonymous K. al-JughrÄfiyÄ
âÊ¿AbdalḥalÄ«m b. SulaymÄn al-ṬūqÄtÄ«
âGhiyÄthaddÄ«n al-KÄshÄ«
âḤÄfiáº-i AbrÅ«
âAl-BÄkuwÄ«
âA Vatican Anonymous
âOne ḤÄjjÄ« Aḥmad from Tunis
âCartographers of the al-SharafÄ« al-SafÄqusÄ« Family
âMuá¹£á¹afÄ b. Ê¿AlÄ« al-Muwaqqit
âAbu l-Faá¸l Ê¿AllÄmÄ«
âÊ¿AbdallÄh b. á¹¢alÄḥaddÄ«n Ibn DÄʾir
âá¹¢Ädiq-i Iá¹£fahÄnÄ«
âTwo Maps of Northern Asia
âAbÅ« Bakr b. BahrÄm al-DimashqÄ«
4 Arab and Turkish Navigators
âIbn MÄjid
âSulaymÄn al-MahrÄ«
âSÄ«dÄ« Ê¿AlÄ«
âPÄ«rÄ« Reʾīs
Bibliography
Index of Personal names
Index of Book titles
Index of Place Names and Technical Terms
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