Abbreviations
| AD |
anno Domini = Gregorian (Christian) year |
| AH |
anno Hegirae = Hijrah (Muslim) year |
| App. |
Appendix of Orations: References and Index (in present volume) |
| Ar. |
Arabic |
| attrib. |
attributed |
| b. |
born |
| bet. |
between |
| c. |
century |
| ca. |
circa = approximately |
| ch. |
Chapter |
| comm. |
commentary |
| d. |
died |
| diss. |
dissertation |
| EAL |
Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature |
| EALL |
Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics |
| ed. |
editor, edition, edited by |
| e.g. |
for example |
| EI2 |
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition |
| EI3 |
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3rd edition |
| EIr |
Encyclopedia Iranica |
| ff. |
and following |
| fl. |
flourished |
| ibid. |
ibidem = in the same place (book or article) |
| idem |
= the same (author) |
| K. |
Kitāb (“Book”) |
| lit. |
literally |
| masc. |
masculine |
| MS, MSS |
manuscript, manuscripts |
| n. |
note number |
| n.d. |
no date |
| n.p. |
no place, or no publisher |
| no. |
number |
| OED |
Oxford English Dictionary, online |
| pl. |
plural |
| Q |
Qurʾan |
| r. |
ruled |
| re. |
regarding |
| sic |
sic erat scriptum = thus was it written |
| viz. |
videlicet = namely |
| vol., vols. |
volume, volumes |