Concise biographical companion to Index Islamicus : an international who's who in Islamic studies from its beginnings down to the twentieth century : bio-bibliographical supplement to Index Islamicus, 1665-1980

Author(s)

• Behn, Wolfgang

Bibliographic Information

Concise biographical companion to Index Islamicus : an international who's who in Islamic studies from its beginnings down to the twentieth century : bio-bibliographical supplement to Index Islamicus, 1665-1980

by Wolfgang Behn

（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, Section 1 ; The Near and Middle East ; v. 76）

Brill, 2004-2006

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3

Note

Contents: v. 1. A-G -- v. 2. H-M -- v. 3. N-Z

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9789004141179

Description

This first of the ultimately three-volume Who's Who in Islamic Studies presents the scholarly world at long last with its own biographical encyclopaedia. Taking as a starting point the inventory of authors from the renowned Index Islamicus, the author, Wolfgang Behn (Berlin), has systematically collected numerous data on the lives and works of the tens of thousands of authors listed in the Index Islamicus from 1665 to 1980. This Biographical Companion will be an indispensable reference tool for the serious student and scholar of Islamic Studies. It enables the user to quickly gain knowledge on the life, work, and professional background of almost every major and minor author, and thus to place each author in his/her proper perspective. A tremendous achievement and a true must for every library.

Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9789004141896

Description

This third and last of the three-volume Who's Who in Islamic Studies presents the scholarly world at long last with its own biographical encyclopaedia. Taking as a starting point the inventory of authors from the renowned Index Islamicus, the author, Wolfgang Behn (Berlin), has systematically collected numerous data on the lives and works of the tens of thousands of authors listed in the Index Islamicus from 1665 to 1980. This Biographical Companion will be an indispensable reference tool for the serious student and scholar of Islamic Studies. It enables the user to quickly gain knowledge on the life, work, and professional background of almost every major and minor author, and thus to place each author in his/her proper perspective. A tremendous achievement and a true must for every library.

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9789004150379

Description

This second of the three-volume Who's Who in Islamic Studies presents the scholarly world at long last with its own biographical encyclopaedia. Taking as a starting point the inventory of authors from the renowned Index Islamicus, the author, Wolfgang Behn (Berlin), has systematically collected numerous data on the lives and works of the tens of thousands of authors listed in the Index Islamicus from 1665 to 1980. This Biographical Companion will be an indispensable reference tool for the serious student and scholar of Islamic Studies. It enables the user to quickly gain knowledge on the life, work, and professional background of almost every major and minor author, and thus to place each author in his/her proper perspective. A tremendous achievement and a true must for every library.

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Details

• NCID: BA68713269
• ISBN:
  • 9004141170
  • 9004150374
  • 9004141898
• LCCN: 2004051985
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BP70
  • DC22 : 909/.09767/00922
  • DC22 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Scholars, Muslim -- Biography -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : Muslim authors -- Biography -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : Islamic literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00635968