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Brill ABIA Online

Index of South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index of South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology ISSN: 2214-8280 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English The ABIA (Index on South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology) goes back to 1928 and is well-known among specialists as the only comprehensive and up-to-date standard bibliographic reference in the field, serving both students and scholars. The online version of the complete ABIA includes all twenty-three volumes of the Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology, and its successor the ABIA Index. The ABIA is updated on a quarterly basis and c. 9, ... read more

Brill Bibliography of Arabic Books Online

Bibliography of Arabic Books Online A Bibliography of All Printed Arabic Language Books before 1960 Editor: William J. Kopycki ISSN: 1877-0045 View PDF Flyer The Bibliography of Arabic Books Online (BABO) aims to become a comprehensive bibliographic database containing information about virtually all books published in Arabic before 1960. BABO contains over 80,000 bibliographical records from the National Library in Egypt, the British Library and the Library of Congress. BABO will include Name Authority Files (NAFs) which list all the spellings variants of authors’ na ... read more

Brill Brockelmann in English The History of the Arabic Written Tradition Online

Brockelmann in English: The History of the Arabic Written Tradition Online Read the Introduction by J.J. Witkam ISSN: 2542-8098 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English This online publication is the English translation of Brockelmann's famous Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL). Brockelmann's work offers bio-bibliographic information about works written in Arabic and their authors, with an emphasis on the classical period. It is divided in chronologically organized sections, which are subdivided by literary genre. Individual entries typically consist of a biographical section and a list of ... read more

Brill Classic Arabic Texts Online

Classic Arabic Texts Online ISSN: 2352-3476 Classic Arabic Texts Online (CATO) offers approx. 19,000 pages of classic Brill editions of Arabic texts in a full-text searchable format and accessible from one single point of entry. CATO includes the following titles: • Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum (with indices and glossaries!) edited by M.J. de Goeje and J.H. Kramers • De Goeje’s edition of al-?abar?’s Ta?r?kh al-rusul wa l-mul?k • De Goeje’s edition of al-Bal?dh?r?’s Kit?b Fut?? al-buld?n • Origins of the Islamic State by Murgotten and Hitti, the English tr ... read more

Brill Companions Online

Brill Companions Online E-Book collection, consisting of 9 subject collections. www.brill.com/cbo Publication date: 10 September 2018 ISSN: 25899570 View PDF Flyer Brill’s Companions Online is a suite of e-book collections comprising state-of-the-art research companions in various subject fields within the humanities. Peer-reviewed and written by experts, these handbooks offer balanced accounts at an advanced level, along with an overview of the state of scholarship and synthesis of debate, pointing the way for future research. Designed for students and scholars, the books explain what sources there are, what methodologies and approaches are appropriate ... read more

Brill Encyclopaedia Islamica Online

Encyclopaedia Islamica Online View PDF Flyer Edited by: Farhad Daftary and Wilferd Madelung Online Publication Date: 11 Sep 2008 ISSN: 1875-9831 Encyclopaedia Islamica is a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian D??irat al-Ma??rif-i Buzurg-i Isl?m?, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. One unique feature of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shi?i Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopedias. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam g ... read more

Brill Encyclopaedia of Islam Online EI Online

ISSN: 1573-3912 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English Encyclopaedia of Islam Online (EI Online) consists of both the second edition (EI2) AND the third edition (EI3). The first edition (EI1) and the French edition (Encyclopédie de l'Islam) are separate products. EI3 is a work in progress, publication of which started in 2007. The search engine for EI Online automatically searches all editions (EI1, EI2, EI3 and EI-French) and offers the most recent results first in the list of hits. Videos and Tutorials Encyclopaedia ... read more

Brill Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and LinguisticsOnline Editors-in-Chief: Lutz Edzard and Rudolf Erik de Jong Online Publication Date: 30 May 2011 ISSN: 1570-6699 View PDF Flyer The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics represents a unique collaboration of a few hundred scholars from around the world and covers all relevant aspects of the study of Arabic and deals with all levels of the language (pre-Classical Arabic, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic vernaculars, mixed varieties of Arabic). No other reference work offers this scale of contributions or depth and breadth of coverage. The& ... read more

Brill Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online

Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures Online Editors Suad Joseph (General Editor), University of California, Davis; Sarah Gualtieri, University of Southern California; Lyn Parker, The University of Western Australia; Elora Shehabuddin, Rice University; Zeina Zaatari, Independent Researcher International Advisory Board Marilyn Booth, University of Oxford; Bahar Davary, University of San Diego; Rosa De Jorio, University of North Florida; Hoda Elsadda, Cairo University; Virginia Hooker, The Australian National University; Alice Horner, Independent Scholar; Amira Jarmakani, Ge ... read more

Brill Index Islamicus Online

Go to Online Edition Index Islamicus Online Edited by Gregor Schwarb, Heather Bleaney, Pablo García Suárez and others The Index Islamicus consists of the following publications: Index Islamicus Online, the full-text searchable electronic database Index Islamicus, the annual journal (print edition including 1 soft cover issue and 1 yearbook) Index Islamicus Yearbooks, the annual yearbook (print edition available individually or as set) Supplements to the Index Islamicus, specialized bibliographies in print ISSN: 1872-5279 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English Index Islamicus is THE ... read more

Brill Maimonides Medical Works Online 2020

Maimonides’ Medical Works Online View PDF Flyer Maimonides' Medical Works Online aims to provide critical editions of all surviving medical works by the famous rabbi, philosopher and medical doctor Moses Maimonides (1138-1204). Born in Muslim Spain, his career took him to Morocco and Egypt, where he became the personal physician to the famous ruler Saladin. His work was well-received both by Muslims and non-Muslims all over the Islamic world. This unique online publication brings together the translations of all Maimonides’ surviving medical works as translated and edited by Gerrit Bos and a host of other experts in the field. M ... read more

Brill Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 1

Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 1 Pioneer Orientalists The Manuscript Collections of Scaliger, Raphelengius and Golius from Leiden University Libraries View PDF Flyer Editor: Arnoud Vrolijk Number of titles: 267 manuscripts Languages used: Arabic The Leiden University Library has a world-famous research collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts. Its core collection consists of volumes brought together by, among others, the Leiden Orientalists Joseph Justus Scaliger (d. 1609) and Jacobus Golius (d. 1667). Included in the Scaliger collection are about a dozen manuscripts which belonged to Franciscus Raphelengius (d. 1597). These c ... read more

Brill Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 2

Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 2 The Ottoman Legacy of Levinus Warner From Leiden University Libraries Languages used: Turkish, Arabic, Persian E-ISBN: 978 90 04 23595 3 Editor: Ilana Tahan, Hebraica Curator, British Library Advisors: Jan Schmidt, Leiden University and Arnoud Vrolijk, Leiden University Librarie View PDF Flyer This online publication consists of 140 volumes from the Warner Collection, totalling 45,809 pages of Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Persian texts. All these manuscripts were acquired by the great scholar Levinus Warner during his stay in Istanbul from 1644 until his death in 1665. This selection from the ... read more

Brill Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 3

Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 3 Arabic Manuscripts from the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest View PDF Flyer Arabic Manuscripts from the manuscript holdings of the Oriental Collection in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. The collection consists of 200 manuscripts with just over 300 works. In addition to 5 autographs, the highlights of the collection include: the earliest dated manuscript in the collection (Arab O. 013) a dated copy of a unique arrangement of a rare treatise written by al-???ib T?? al-D?n (d. 707/1307) produced in the year of the author’s death; two rare Mamluk treatises on ... read more

Brill Mobilizing East Asia Online

Mobilizing East Asia Online Newspapers, magazines and books from the 1900s-1950s Advisor: Peter O'Connor, Musashino University, Tokyo Advisory Board: Robert Bickers, University of Bristol and Rana Mitter, University of Oxford Imprint: BRILL Language: English Mobilizing East Asia offers a carefully selected collection of extremely rare, many times even unique English-language newspapers, magazines and pamphlets published inside Asia, following the descent into war in East and South-East Asia from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1950s. This exciting collection of newspapers and illustrated magazines, often in colour, is now ... read more

Brill Muslims in Russia Online

Brill Muslims in Russia Online Advisor: Dr. S.Ishakov Number of titles: 11 Languages used: Russian E-ISBN: 978 90 04 19277 5 View PDF Flyer Location of originals: various libraries This collection introduces the uniquely varied and poorly explored Russian Muslim population during one of the most dynamic periods of their history (1861-1918). Materials published in Russia both at the center and on the periphery reflect the picturesque palette of life of Muslims in the Russian Empire, as well as the positions of their public and political figures. This collection presents works written by and about Muslims. The value of this heritage is especially pertinent now that ... read more

Brill Philosophy in the Islamic World Online 8th-10th Centuries

Philosophy in the Islamic World Online: 8th-10th Centuries Edited by Ulrich Rudolph, University of Zürich, Rotraud Hansberger, LMU Munich and Peter Adamson, LMU Munich ISSN: 2543-2729 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English, Arabic Philosophy in the Islamic World Online: 8th - 10th Centuries is a comprehensive and unprecedented reference work devoted to the history of philosophy in the realms of Islam in its formative period: from its beginnings in the eighth century up to the tenth century AD. Both major and minor figures are covered, giving details of biography and doctrine ... read more

Brill Quranic Studies Online

Qur'anic Studies Online Qur'anic Studies Online gives access to: Encyclopaedia of the Qur’?n Online is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qur’?nic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur’?nic studies. Early Western Korans Online is a collection of 62 korans printed in Arabic type in several Western European cities between 1537 and 1857. Qur??n Concordance is a unique finding aid which allows users to identify and localize text fragments, or even snippets, of the Qur??n. Dictionary of Qur??nic Usage&nb ... read more

Brill Russian Ottoman Relations Part 1

Russian-Ottoman Relations Online, Part 1 The Origins, 1600-1800 View PDF Flyer Advisor: Maurits van den Boogert Brill presents a unique collection of rare primary sources on a vital and dynamic part of the history of Turkey, Russia, the Middle East and Western Europe. These sources provide detailed insights not only in the military ebb and flow of Russian-Ottoman relations, but also in their effects on European public opinion. Number of titles: 193 Languages used: Western languages, German, French, English Location of originals: National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg Relations between the Ottoman Empire and Russia were ... read more

Brill Russian Ottoman Relations Part 2

Russian-Ottoman Relations Online, Part 2 Shifts in the Balance of Power, 1800-1853 Advisor: Maurits van den Boogert View PDF Flyer Number of titles: 120 Languages used: Western languages, German, French, English Location of originals: National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg This collection includes discussions of diplomatic treaties like those of Bucharest of 1812 and Adrianople (Edirne) of 1829; the commercial and military issue of access to the Black Sea; eye-witness accounts from war theaters; and plans for, and ideas about, future confrontations. The fact that many different perspectives are represented in this ... read more

Brill Russian Ottoman Relations Part 3

Russian - Ottoman Relations Online Part 3 The Crimean War, 1854-1856 Advisor: Maurits van den Boogert View PDF Flyer In this collection on the Crimean War, Russian views are represented by Anatole Demidov (1812-1870), traveler and patron of the arts; the discussion on the peace by former diplomat Tchihatchef; and the accounts of the Russian veteran, Piotr Andreevich Viazemsky (1792-1878). The opinions of two Turkish officers, Rustem Effendi and Seid Bey, and the views of Algerian poet Muhammad b. Ismail (1820-1870) are also included. Number of titles: 372 Languages used: Western languages, German, French, English Location of originals: National L ... read more

Brill Russian Ottoman Relations Part 4

Russian-Ottoman Relations Online, Part 4 The End of the Empires, 1857-1914 View PDF Flyer Number of titles: 263 Languages used: Western languages, German, French, English Location of originals: National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg The position of the Ottoman Empire continued to decline during the second half of the nineteenth century. Succumbing to foreign pressure, the sultan had decreed far-reaching reforms in favor of his non-Muslim subjects in 1856. Less than two decades later the Ottoman Empire went bankrupt and had to allow foreign bankers to supervise its finances. The Ottomans found themselves increasingly marginaliz ... read more

Brill Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Online

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Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Online ISBN13: 9789004353152 Format: E-Book Imprint: BRILL Language: English This Online Collection contains all volumes every published in Brill's flagship series Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, from the first volume published in 1967 until the newest volumes which will be updated each year via an annual installment which is separately available at a highly discounted price. The series presents monographs and edited volumes that make original contributions to the field. The distinct traits shared by the Semitic languages determine the essential unity of research in t ... read more

Brill The History of Afghanistan Online

The History of Afghanistan Online Fayż Mu?ammad K?tib Haz?rah's Sir?j al-taw?r?kh View PDF Flyer Translation and edited by: R.D. McChesney and M.M. Khorrami The Sir?j al-taw?r?kh is the essential text for any scholar wishing to understand Afghanistan’s history. It forms the core text of historical writings from within Afghanistan for the period, 1747-1919. Mystery surrounded the work for decades to how many volumes existed. After the discovery of suppressed parts of the third and missing fourth volumes, Brill can now offer this extended resource, as it was originally envisaged by its author, in an accessible English language ... read more

Brill Western Travellers in the Islamic World Online

Western Travellers in the Islamic World Online Languages used: English, German, French, Italian, Latin Advisor: Maurits van den Boogert Accounts of travel are a popular and accessible source for research on historical relations between “East” and “West” and are attractive for specialists and non-specialists alike. In the pre-modern period a large number of such accounts were published all over Europe. Predominantly covering the Ottoman Empire, the collection also stretches into Ethiopia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, North Africa, and of course Iran. Contents Background Location of originals For more info ... read more