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.

• PrefaceNote to the ReaderTranscriptionThird Book: The Decline of Islamic LiteratureFirst Section From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in the Year 1517IntroductionChapter 1. Egypt and SyriaChapter 2. Iraq and al-JazīraChapter 3. North ArabiaChapter 4. South ArabiaChapter 5. Iran and TūrānChapter 6. IndiaChapter 7. The Turks of Rūm and the OttomansChapter 8. North AfricaChapter 9. SpainSecond Section From the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in 1517 to the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt in 1798Chapter 1. Egypt and SyriaChapter 2. Al-Jazīra, Iraq, and BahrainChapter 3. North ArabiaChapter 4. South ArabiaChapter 5. Oman, East Africa, and AbyssiniaChapter 6. Iran and TūrānChapter 7. IndiaChapter 8. The Malay ArchipelagoChapter 9. Rumelia and AnatoliaChapter 10. The MaghrebChapter 11. The SudanThird Section From the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt Until the British OccupationChapter 1. EgyptChapter 2. SyriaChapter 3. Mesopotamia and IraqChapter 4. North ArabiaChapter 5. South ArabiaChapter 6. OmanChapter 7. PersiaChapter 8. AfghanistanChapter 9. IndiaChapter 10. Ceylon, Farther India, and the Malay ArchipelagoChapter 11. IstanbulChapter 12. RussiaChapter 13. The MaghrebChapter 14. The SudanAppendix. A Selective Listing of Authors of Unknown Place and Date, in Alphabetical Order1 Poetry2 Rhymed Prose and Popular Literature3 Philology4 Historiography5 Ḥadīth6 Fiqh7 Sciences of the Qurʾān8 Dogmatics and Polemics9 Mysticism and Edifying Works10 Philosophy and Politics11 Mathematics and Astronomy12 Geography and Cosmography13 Medicine14 Eroticism15 Natural Sciences and Technology16 Alchemy17 Music18 Sports19 Occult Sciences20 Encyclopaedias

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.

• PrefaceNote to the ReaderTranscriptionThird Book: The Decline of Islamic LiteratureFirst Section From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in the Year 1517IntroductionChapter 1. Egypt and SyriaChapter 2. Iraq and al-JazīraChapter 3. North ArabiaChapter 4. South ArabiaChapter 5. Iran and TūrānChapter 6. IndiaChapter 7. The Turks of Rūm and the OttomansChapter 8. North AfricaChapter 9. SpainSecond Section From the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in 1517 to the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt in 1798Chapter 1. Egypt and SyriaChapter 2. Al-Jazīra, Iraq, and BahrainChapter 3. North ArabiaChapter 4. South ArabiaChapter 5. Oman, East Africa, and AbyssiniaChapter 6. Iran and TūrānChapter 7. IndiaChapter 8. The Malay ArchipelagoChapter 9. Rumelia and AnatoliaChapter 10. The MaghrebChapter 11. The SudanThird Section From the Napoleonic Expedition to Egypt Until the British OccupationChapter 1. EgyptChapter 2. SyriaChapter 3. Mesopotamia and IraqChapter 4. North ArabiaChapter 5. South ArabiaChapter 6. OmanChapter 7. PersiaChapter 8. AfghanistanChapter 9. IndiaChapter 10. Ceylon, Farther India, and the Malay ArchipelagoChapter 11. IstanbulChapter 12. RussiaChapter 13. The MaghrebChapter 14. The SudanAppendix. A Selective Listing of Authors of Unknown Place and Date, in Alphabetical Order1 Poetry2 Rhymed Prose and Popular Literature3 Philology4 Historiography5 Ḥadīth6 Fiqh7 Sciences of the Qurʾān8 Dogmatics and Polemics9 Mysticism and Edifying Works10 Philosophy and Politics11 Mathematics and Astronomy12 Geography and Cosmography13 Medicine14 Eroticism15 Natural Sciences and Technology16 Alchemy17 Music18 Sports19 Occult Sciences20 Encyclopaedias