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Sources for background information
- Brockleman Online: Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL)
- Confidential Print: Middle East (Adam Matthew Digital)
- Encyclopaedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics
- Encyclopaedia Islamica
- Encyclopedia of Islam
- Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
- Encyclopedia of the Quran
- Encyclopedia of Religion
- Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
- Historical Atlas of the Islamic World
- Index Islamicus (Proquest)
- JSTOR
- Literature Resource Center (Gale)
- Middle East Series Online 1: Arab-Israeli Relations 1917-1970(Gale)
- Middle East Series Online 2: Iraq 1914-1974 (Gale)
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online
- Oxford Dictionary of Islam Online
- Primary Sources: Early Western Korans
- World Biographical Information System
General sourcebooks and introductions
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - fiqh, islam?, sufi?, etc.
Search tips
| Truncation symbol: | ? |
e.g. sufi? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words words sufis, sufism,sufiyah, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" |
e.g. "Said Nursi" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase Said Nursi |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. islam AND (indonesia OR "saudi arabia") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word Islam AND either Indonesia OR the phrase Saudi Arabia |
Journals: A select list of important titles
- Arabica
- Arabic Philosophy and Science
- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (BSOAS)
- Bustan: Middle East book review
- Der Islam
- International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES)
- Iranian Studies
- Islamic Law and Society
- Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS)
- Al-Masaq Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean
- Modern Asian Studies
- Muslim World
- Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies
- Journal of Sufi Studies
- Journal of Persianate Studies
- Studia Islamica
Cambridge Histories Online
- Arabic Literature in the Post-Classical Period
- History of Egypt v.1
- History of Egypt v. 2
- History of Iran, The Land of Iran v.1
- History of Iran, The Median and Achaemenian Periods v.2
- History of Iran, The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods v.3, Part 1
- History of Iran, The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods v.3, Part 2
- History of Iran, The Period from the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs v. 4
- History of Iran, The Saljuq and Mongol Periods v. 5
- History of Iran, The Timurid and Safavid Periods v. 6
- History of Iran, From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic v. 7
- History of Islam, The central Islamic lands from pre-Islamic times to the First World War v. 1a
- History of Islam, The central Islamic lands since 1918 v. 1b
- History of Islam, The Indian sub-continent, South-East Asia, Africa and the Muslim West v. 2a
- History of Islam, Islamic Society and Civilization v. 2b
- History of Turkey, Byzantium to Turkey, 1071–1453 v.1
- History of Turkey, The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839 v.3
- History of Turkey, Turkey in the Modern World v. 4
- History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy: Islamic Civilization
Selected E-Book Resources
- Arabic books and unpublished manuscripts Egyptian website (al-mostafa)
- Cairo Scholarship Online
- Kotobarabia (contemporary and classical Arabic literature from Egypt)
- Classical Arabic Books
- Islamic e-books
- Internet Archive: Sacred Texts
- University of California Press E-books collection, 1982-2004
Selected internet sites
- Arabic Literature
This site offers a good guide to sites containing the original (usually scanned) text or English translation of major works of adab or belles-lettres, both classical and modern. Maintained by Ali Houissa of Cornell University Library. - Al-tafsir
Al-tafsir is a comprehensive online collection of Quranic commentary. - Baobab for women's human rights
BAOBAB For Women's Human Rights is a not for profit, non-governmental women's human rights organization, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three (3) systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria. - Directory of online Islamic resources
Links to movies, video clips, articles and websites about the study of Islam in various disciplines, eg. Islam in China or Women in Islam. - Muslim Women’s page
Jannah website provides useful resources and sources on Islam and women. - Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
Karamah’s vision and mission are informed by the view that a just society values the informed participation of its members through the pursuit of knowledge, access to opportunities, and equity among all “children of Adam”, regardless of gender or other differences. - Fordham University Internet History Project with collection of original and secondary source material
This page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online sourcebooks along with added texts and web site indicators covering a wide range of topics from pre-Islam to contemporary issues. - Virtually Islamic
Contains a broad range of regularly updated materials associated with Gary R. Bunt's research on Islam and Muslims in cyberspace. - Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
Sites compiled by Dr A. Godlas of the University of Georgia; links for the study of Islam and related disciplines. - Iran Heritage Foundation -The IHF's mission to promote and preserve the history, languages and cultures of Iran and the Persianate world.
- Islamic Science Resources (Commision on History of Science & Technology in Islamic Societies)
- Iran Books News Agency
- Library, Museum, and Document Center Of Iran Parliament
- al-Islam
Islamic resources from the web with thematic essays on the Quran and Hadith. - Gooh
A web resource for Islamic materials and websites including fatwas, hadiths, news and websites about Islam and Islamic Studies. - al-Maktabah al-Islamiyah al-Electroniyah
Islamic E-Library Project contains a wide range of materials related to Islam and Islamic studies including websites, dictionaries, and biographies. - al-Marashi Library
al-Marashi Library is one of the most important libraries is Iran. The site provides access to a plethora of materials dealing specifically with Shi'ism, particularly in Iran. - Sunnah and Hadith
Compendium of Islamic Texts: Sunnah and Hadith from the University of Southern California. - Ottoman Text Archive Project, the University of Washington
OTAP is a web resource designed to preserve Paleographical examples of original Ottoman manuscripts, the Ottoman Historical Dictionary, text analysis tools, and other research activities. - Sisters in Islam: Empowering voices for change
Promoting an understanding of Islam that recognises the principles of justice, equality, freedom, and dignity within a democratic nation state. - Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Women Living Under Muslim Laws is an international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.
Digital collections
- Afghanistan Digital Library
New York University. Covers works published in Afghanistan between 1870 and 1930. - Cambridge University Shahnama Project
This site brings you a comprehensive collection of manuscripts of the Shahnama and a display of the miniature paintings in each one. There are currently 502 manuscripts and single pages recorded, 10380 records of paintings, and 6275 images from all over the world. - University of Washington Silk Road Project
Ongoing public education project using the "Silk Road" theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era (A. D.) to the Seventeenth Century. - Islamic Arts and Architecture
Promotes the awareness of Islamic arts as a humanistic study, recognizing the inter-relationship between the arts and other academic disciplines. - Pattern in Islamic Art
Offers a free download of over 4000 images of patterns and other design features drawn from the rich cultural heritage of the Islamic world. - Islamic Philosophy
Provides a chronological list of Islamic philosophers. - Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
Provides the complete works of al-Ghazali in the original language -that have been published in print- and in translation. - Ibn Arabi society
Contains articles, websites, manuscripts and translations of works by and concerning Ibn Arabi.
Dictionaries
Arabic
Persian
- Aryanpour
- Farsi Look Up
- Tarjomeh
- Francis Joseph Steingass’ Persian Dictionary Online
- Sulayman Hayyim’ Persian Dictionary Online
- Loghat nameh-ye Dehkhoda
Turkish
Urdu
- Center for Language Engineering (Urdu-Urdu dictionary)
- John T. Platts’ Urdu Dictionary Online
- John Shakespear’s Urdu Dictionary Online
- Urdu Dictionary (powered by Mediawiki)
Helpful resources
- Yamli; Smart Arabic keyboard
- Turkish text translation and transliteration tool
- Persian literature in translation. The Packard Humanities Institute.
- Library of Congress Classification System
- Library of Congress Transliteration tables
- Unicode fonts for Arabic transliteration
- Conversion between Gregorian and Hijri calendars
- Conversion between Gregorian and Shamsi calendars
- Access to Middle East and Islamic Resources (AMIR) Blog
- Hindu-Urdu Flagship at the University of Texas at Austin
- British Library EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service)
- Islamic Studies Theses, McGill University, 1952-2006
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