History of the Arabic Written Tradition Volume 1

Carl Brockelmann (1868-1956, PhD, Strasburg, 1890), a renowned German orientalist, was professor at the universities of Breslau, Berlin, Königsberg, Halle and Breslau again. His best-known publication is Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL), a systematically organized bio-bibliographical reference on all Arabic literature.

• IntroductionI. The task of literary historyII. Sources and earlier accounts of the literary history of the ArabsIII. Division of the history of Arabic literatureFirst Book. The national literature of the ArabsFirst Section. From the beginnings until the appearance of MuḥammadChapter 1. The Arabic languageChapter 2. The beginnings of poetryChapter 3. Forms of Arabic poetryChapter 4. General characteristics of ancient Arabic poetryChapter 5. The transmission of Arabic poetryChapter 6. The sources for our knowledge of ancient Arabic poetryChapter 7. The six poetsChapter 8. Other poets of pre-Islamic timesChapter 9. Jewish and Christian poets before IslamChapter 10. The beginnings of Arabic proseSecond Section. Muḥammad and his timeChapter 1. Muḥammad the ProphetChapter 2. The QurʾānChapter 3. Labīd and al-AʿshāChapter 4. Ḥassān b. ThābitChapter 5. Kaʿb b. ZuhayrChapter 6. Mutammin b. NuwayraChapter 7. Al-KhansāʾChapter 8. Abū Miḥjan and al-ḤuṭayʾaChapter 9. Minor poetsChapter 10. Two forgeriesThird Section. The period of the UmayyadsChapter 1. General characteristicsChapter 2. ʿUmar b. Abī RabīʿaChapter 3. Other poets in ArabiaChapter 4. Al-AkhṭalChapter 5. Al-FarazdaqChapter 6. JarīrChapter 7. Dhu ̓l-RummaChapter 8. The rajaz poetsChapter 9. Minor poetsChapter 10. Prose writing at the time of the UmayyadsSecond Book. Islamic literature in the Arabic language First section. The Classical period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. PoetryA. The poets of BaghdadB. Poets of Iraq and the JazīraC. Poets from Arabia and SyriaD. The circle of Sayf al-DawlaE. Egyptian and North African poetsChapter 3. Rhymed proseChapter 4. PhilologyI. The School of BasraII. The School of KufaIII. The School of BaghdadIV. Linguistics in Persia and the EastV. Linguistics in Egypt and SpainChapter 4. Historiography1. The life of Muḥammad2. Urban history3. The history of the pre-Islamic Arabs4. Imperial and world history5. Cultural and literary history6. The history of Egypt and North Africa7. The history of SpainChapter 5. Belles lettres in proseChapter 6. ḤadīthChapter 7. Fiqh1. The Ḥanafīs2. The Mālikīs3. The Shāfiʿīs4. The lesser schools5. The Shīʿa1. The Zaydīs2. The ImāmīsChapter 8. Sciences of the Qurʾān1. The reading of the Qurʾān2. Qurʾānic exegesisChapter 9. DogmaticsChapter 10. MysticismChapter 11. The translatorsChapter 12. PhilosophyChapter 13. MathematicsChapter 14. Astronomy and astrologyChapter 15. GeographyChapter 16. MedicineChapter 17. Natural and occult sciencesChapter 18. EncyclopaediasSecond Section. The post-Classical period of Islamic literature from ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258Chapter 1. PoetryA. Poets of Baghdad, Iraq, and the JazīraB. Persian poetsC. Syrian poetsD. Arabian poetsE. Egyptian poetsF. North African and Sicilian poetsG. Spanish poetsChapter 2. Rhymed prose and stylisticsChapter 3. Philology1. Philology in Iraq2. Philology in Persia and neighbouring countries3. Philology in Syria4. Philology in South Arabia5. Philology in Egypt6. Philology in North Africa and Sicily7. Philology in SpainChapter 4. Historiography1. Individual biographies2. Histories of dynasties3. Histories of individuals and genealogies4. Local historyA. BaghdadB. DamascusC. JerusalemD. AleppoE. DunaysirF. South ArabiaG. JurjānH. EgyptI. The MaghribJ. Spain5. Histories of the caliphs and world history6. Histories of prophetsChapter 5. Belles lettres in proseChapter 6. Ḥadīth1. Iraq, the Jazīra, Syria, and Arabia2. Persia3. Egypt and North Africa4. SpainChapter 7. Fiqh1. The Ḥanafīs2. The Mālikīs3. The Shāfiʿīs4. The Ḥanbalīs5. The Ẓāhirīs and Almohads6. The ShīʿaA. The ZaydīsB. The ImāmīsChapter 8. The sciences of the Qurʾān1. The art of reading the Qurʾān2. Qurʾānic exegesisChapter 9. DogmaticsChapter 10. MysticismChapter 11. Philosophy and politicsChapter 12. MathematicsChapter 13. AstronomyChapter 14. Geography and traveloguesChapter 15. MedicineChapter 16.A. Natural sciences and technologyB. Games, sports, and warC. MusicChapter 17. Occult sciencesChapter 18. Encyclopaedias and polyhistors