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Sezgin Online
Sezgin Online consists of volumes 1-9 of the renowned History of Arabic literature (GAS) by Fuat Sezgin, the largest and most modern bio-bibliography on the Arabic literary tradition in general and on the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular.
The History of Arabic literature is an indispensable research tool for Middle Eastern and Islamic studies. The service contains the contents of 9 of the original volumes (totalling 4,959 printed pages) and is searchable in full text. Sezgin Online II consists of volumes 10-17 of the GAS. These volumes were originally printed in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Sezgin Online provides bio-bibliographical information on famous personalities (writers, poets, philosophers, doctors, scientists, linguists, etc.) from the Islamic world in the following fields:
- Koranic studies, law, mysticism (vol. 1)
- Poetry in Arabic up to the eleventh century AD (vol. 2)
- the history of Islamic medicine (vol. 3)
- Chemistry (Vol. 4)
- Mathematics (Vol. 5)
- Astronomy (Vol. 6)
- Astrology (Vol. 7)
- Lexicography (vol. 8)
- Grammar (vol. 9)
Sezgin Online II includes:
- Geography and Cartography (Vol. 10, 11, 12, 13)
- Anthropogeography (Vol. 14, 15)
- Literature (Vol. 16, 17)
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