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.

• Book 3. 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 Syria§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. HistoriographyA. Individual biographiesB. Collective biographical worksC. Local and national historyD. Universal history§ 4. Popular literature in prose, anthologies, and folk tales§ 5. ḤadīthA. ʿIlm al-ḥadīth wa-ʿilm al-rijālB. Biographies of the ProphetC. Collections of ḥadīth and edifying works§ 6. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The MālikīsC. The ShāfiʿīsD. The Ḥanbalīs§ 7. Qurʾānic sciences § 8. Dogmatics and uṣūl al-dīn§ 9. Mysticism§ 10. Mathematics§ 11. Astronomy§ 12. Geography and cosmography§ 13. Politics and public administration§ 14. Militaria, hunting, and agriculture§ 15. Medicine and veterinary science§ 16. Zoology§ 17. Music§ 18. Occult sciences§ 19. Encyclopaedias and polyhistors7. al-SuyūṭīI. Fann al-tafsīr wa-taʿalluqātuhu wal-qirāʾāt II. Fann al-ḥadīth wa-taʿalluqātuhu III. Fann al-fiqh wa-taʿalluqātuhu IV. al-Ajzāʾ al-mufrada fī masāʾil makhṣūṣa ʿalā tartīb al-abwāb V. Fann al-ʿarabiyya wa-taʿalluqātuhuVI. Fann al-uṣūl wal-bayān wal-taṣawwuf VII. Fann al-taʾrīkh wal-adab Chapter 2. Iraq and al-Jazīra§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The MālikīsC. The ShāfiʿīsD. The ḤanbalīsE. The Shīʿa§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Mathematics§ 10. Astronomy§ 11. Music§ 12. MedicineChapter 3. North Arabia§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Ḥadīth§ 4. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The Mālikīs§ 5. Qurʾānic sciences§ 6. Mysticism§ 7. Mathematics§ 8. GeographyChapter 4. South Arabia§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The ShāfiʿīsC. Sayyid Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī b. al-Murtaḍā b. al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Hādī b. al-WazīrD. The Zaydīs§ 5. Qurʾānic sciences§ 6. Mysticism§ 7. Medicine§ 8. Horse breeding§ 9. Occult sciences§ 10. EncyclopaediasChapter 5. Iran and Turan§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The ShāfiʿīsC. The Shīʿa§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Philosophy§ 10. Politics§ 11. Mathematics§ 12. Astronomy§ 13. Medicine§ 14. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 6. India§ 1. Philology§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Fiqh, Abū Ḥanīfa§ 4. Qurʾānic exegesis§ 5. MysticismChapter 7. The Turks of Rūm and the Ottoman empire§ 1. Philology§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Fiqh, Abū Ḥanīfa§ 4. Qurʾānic sciences§ 5. Dogmatics§ 6. Mysticism§ 7. Medicine§ 7a. Mathematics and astronomy§ 8. Occult sciences§ 9. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 8. North Africa§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. HistoriographyA. Local historyB. History of the IbāḍīsC. History of dynastiesD. Universal history§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. Fiqh, Mālik§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Politics§ 10. Mathematics§ 11. Astronomy§ 12. Travelogues§ 13. Medicine§ 14. Music§ 15. Alchemy and occult sciences§ 16. EroticismChapter 9. Spain§ 1. Poetry and belles-lettres§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Fiqh, Mālik§ 5. Qurʾānic sciences§ 6. Mysticism§ 7. Politics§ 8. Mathematics and astronomy§ 9. Travelogues and geographies§ 10. Medicine§ 11. SportSecond SectionFrom the conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in 1517 to the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt in 1798IntroductionChapter 1. Egypt and Syria§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. HistoriographyA. Individual biographiesB. Collective biographical worksC. Local and national historyD. ChroniclesE. Universal history§ 4. Popular works and anthologies§ 5. Ḥadīth§ 6. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The MālikīsC. The ShāfiʿīsD. The ḤanbalīsE. The Shīʿa§ 7. Qurʾānic sciences§ 8. Dogmatics§ 9. Mysticism§ 10. Homiletics and paraenesis§ 11. Philosophy§ 12. Politics§ 13. Mathematics§ 14. Astronomy§ 15. Geography and travelogues§ 16. Hunting and militaria§ 17. Music§ 18. Medicine§ 19. Occult sciences§ 20. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 2. Al-Jazīra, Iraq, and Bahrain§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The ShāfiʿīsC. The Shīʿa§ 5. Qurʾānic sciences§ 6. Dogmatics§ 7. Mysticism§ 7a. Philosophy§ 8. TraveloguesChapter 3. North Arabia§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The MālikīsC. The ShāfiʿīsD. Ḥanbalīs and Wahhābīs§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Philosophy§ 10. Mathematics§ 11. Astronomy§ 12. Geography and travelogues§ 13. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 4. South Arabia§ 1. Poetry and belles-lettres§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. FiqhA. The ShāfiʿīsB. The Zaydīs§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Astronomy§ 10. Occult sciencesChapter 5. Oman, East Africa, and AbessiniaA. OmanB. East AfricaC. AbyssiniaChapter 6. Iran and Tūrān§ 1. Poetry and belles-lettres§ 1b. Philology§ 2. Ḥadīth§ 3. Shīʿī fiqh and kalām§ 4. Qurʾānic sciences§ 5. Mysticism§ 6. Philosophy§ 8. Mathematics and astronomy§ 10. Medicine§ 11. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 7. India§ 1. Philology§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Belles-lettres§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. Ḥanafī fiqh§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Philosophy§ 10. Travelogues§ 11. EncyclopaediasChapter 8. The Malay ArchipelagoChapter 9. Rumelia and Anatolia§ 1a. Philology§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Popular prose§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. Fiqh, Abū Ḥanīfa§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Politics§ 10. Astronomy§ 11. Medicine§ 12. Music§ 13. Agriculture§ 14. Occult sciences§ 15. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 10. The Maghreb§ 1. Adab§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Popular prose§ 5. Ḥadīth§ 6b. Fiqh, Mālikī§ 7. Qurʾānic sciences§ 8. Dogmatics§ 9. Mysticism§ 9a. Philosophy§ 10. Mathematics and astronomy§ 11. Geography and travelogues§ 12. Medicine§ 13. WarfareChapter 11. The SudanThird SectionFrom the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt in 1798 until the present dayChapter 1. Egypt§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Popular prose§ 5. Ḥadīth§ 6. FiqhA. The MālikīsB. The ḤanafīsC. The Shāfiʿīs§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Paraenesis§ 10. Mathematics§ 11. Geography and travelogues§ 12. EncyclopaediasChapter 2. Syria§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Islamic theology and mysticismChapter 3. Mesopotamia and IraqChapter 4. Mecca (North Arabia)Chapter 5. South ArabiaChapter 6. OmanChapter 7. PersiaChapter 8. AfghanistanChapter 9. IndiaChapter 11. IstanbulChapter 12. RussiaChapter 13. The MaghrebChapter 14. The SudanAddenda & CorrigendaPostscript

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.

• Book 3. 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 Syria§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. HistoriographyA. Individual biographiesB. Collective biographical worksC. Local and national historyD. Universal history§ 4. Popular literature in prose, anthologies, and folk tales§ 5. ḤadīthA. ʿIlm al-ḥadīth wa-ʿilm al-rijālB. Biographies of the ProphetC. Collections of ḥadīth and edifying works§ 6. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The MālikīsC. The ShāfiʿīsD. The Ḥanbalīs§ 7. Qurʾānic sciences § 8. Dogmatics and uṣūl al-dīn§ 9. Mysticism§ 10. Mathematics§ 11. Astronomy§ 12. Geography and cosmography§ 13. Politics and public administration§ 14. Militaria, hunting, and agriculture§ 15. Medicine and veterinary science§ 16. Zoology§ 17. Music§ 18. Occult sciences§ 19. Encyclopaedias and polyhistors7. al-SuyūṭīI. Fann al-tafsīr wa-taʿalluqātuhu wal-qirāʾāt II. Fann al-ḥadīth wa-taʿalluqātuhu III. Fann al-fiqh wa-taʿalluqātuhu IV. al-Ajzāʾ al-mufrada fī masāʾil makhṣūṣa ʿalā tartīb al-abwāb V. Fann al-ʿarabiyya wa-taʿalluqātuhuVI. Fann al-uṣūl wal-bayān wal-taṣawwuf VII. Fann al-taʾrīkh wal-adab Chapter 2. Iraq and al-Jazīra§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The MālikīsC. The ShāfiʿīsD. The ḤanbalīsE. The Shīʿa§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Mathematics§ 10. Astronomy§ 11. Music§ 12. MedicineChapter 3. North Arabia§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Ḥadīth§ 4. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The Mālikīs§ 5. Qurʾānic sciences§ 6. Mysticism§ 7. Mathematics§ 8. GeographyChapter 4. South Arabia§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The ShāfiʿīsC. Sayyid Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī b. al-Murtaḍā b. al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Hādī b. al-WazīrD. The Zaydīs§ 5. Qurʾānic sciences§ 6. Mysticism§ 7. Medicine§ 8. Horse breeding§ 9. Occult sciences§ 10. EncyclopaediasChapter 5. Iran and Turan§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The ShāfiʿīsC. The Shīʿa§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Philosophy§ 10. Politics§ 11. Mathematics§ 12. Astronomy§ 13. Medicine§ 14. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 6. India§ 1. Philology§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Fiqh, Abū Ḥanīfa§ 4. Qurʾānic exegesis§ 5. MysticismChapter 7. The Turks of Rūm and the Ottoman empire§ 1. Philology§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Fiqh, Abū Ḥanīfa§ 4. Qurʾānic sciences§ 5. Dogmatics§ 6. Mysticism§ 7. Medicine§ 7a. Mathematics and astronomy§ 8. Occult sciences§ 9. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 8. North Africa§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. HistoriographyA. Local historyB. History of the IbāḍīsC. History of dynastiesD. Universal history§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. Fiqh, Mālik§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Politics§ 10. Mathematics§ 11. Astronomy§ 12. Travelogues§ 13. Medicine§ 14. Music§ 15. Alchemy and occult sciences§ 16. EroticismChapter 9. Spain§ 1. Poetry and belles-lettres§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Fiqh, Mālik§ 5. Qurʾānic sciences§ 6. Mysticism§ 7. Politics§ 8. Mathematics and astronomy§ 9. Travelogues and geographies§ 10. Medicine§ 11. SportSecond SectionFrom the conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in 1517 to the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt in 1798IntroductionChapter 1. Egypt and Syria§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. HistoriographyA. Individual biographiesB. Collective biographical worksC. Local and national historyD. ChroniclesE. Universal history§ 4. Popular works and anthologies§ 5. Ḥadīth§ 6. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The MālikīsC. The ShāfiʿīsD. The ḤanbalīsE. The Shīʿa§ 7. Qurʾānic sciences§ 8. Dogmatics§ 9. Mysticism§ 10. Homiletics and paraenesis§ 11. Philosophy§ 12. Politics§ 13. Mathematics§ 14. Astronomy§ 15. Geography and travelogues§ 16. Hunting and militaria§ 17. Music§ 18. Medicine§ 19. Occult sciences§ 20. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 2. Al-Jazīra, Iraq, and Bahrain§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The ShāfiʿīsC. The Shīʿa§ 5. Qurʾānic sciences§ 6. Dogmatics§ 7. Mysticism§ 7a. Philosophy§ 8. TraveloguesChapter 3. North Arabia§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. FiqhA. The ḤanafīsB. The MālikīsC. The ShāfiʿīsD. Ḥanbalīs and Wahhābīs§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Philosophy§ 10. Mathematics§ 11. Astronomy§ 12. Geography and travelogues§ 13. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 4. South Arabia§ 1. Poetry and belles-lettres§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. FiqhA. The ShāfiʿīsB. The Zaydīs§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Astronomy§ 10. Occult sciencesChapter 5. Oman, East Africa, and AbessiniaA. OmanB. East AfricaC. AbyssiniaChapter 6. Iran and Tūrān§ 1. Poetry and belles-lettres§ 1b. Philology§ 2. Ḥadīth§ 3. Shīʿī fiqh and kalām§ 4. Qurʾānic sciences§ 5. Mysticism§ 6. Philosophy§ 8. Mathematics and astronomy§ 10. Medicine§ 11. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 7. India§ 1. Philology§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Belles-lettres§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. Ḥanafī fiqh§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Philosophy§ 10. Travelogues§ 11. EncyclopaediasChapter 8. The Malay ArchipelagoChapter 9. Rumelia and Anatolia§ 1a. Philology§ 2. Historiography§ 3. Popular prose§ 4. Ḥadīth§ 5. Fiqh, Abū Ḥanīfa§ 6. Qurʾānic sciences§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Politics§ 10. Astronomy§ 11. Medicine§ 12. Music§ 13. Agriculture§ 14. Occult sciences§ 15. Encyclopaedias and polyhistorsChapter 10. The Maghreb§ 1. Adab§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Popular prose§ 5. Ḥadīth§ 6b. Fiqh, Mālikī§ 7. Qurʾānic sciences§ 8. Dogmatics§ 9. Mysticism§ 9a. Philosophy§ 10. Mathematics and astronomy§ 11. Geography and travelogues§ 12. Medicine§ 13. WarfareChapter 11. The SudanThird SectionFrom the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt in 1798 until the present dayChapter 1. Egypt§ 1. Poetry and rhymed prose§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Popular prose§ 5. Ḥadīth§ 6. FiqhA. The MālikīsB. The ḤanafīsC. The Shāfiʿīs§ 7. Dogmatics§ 8. Mysticism§ 9. Paraenesis§ 10. Mathematics§ 11. Geography and travelogues§ 12. EncyclopaediasChapter 2. Syria§ 1. Poetry§ 2. Philology§ 3. Historiography§ 4. Islamic theology and mysticismChapter 3. Mesopotamia and IraqChapter 4. Mecca (North Arabia)Chapter 5. South ArabiaChapter 6. OmanChapter 7. PersiaChapter 8. AfghanistanChapter 9. IndiaChapter 11. IstanbulChapter 12. RussiaChapter 13. The MaghrebChapter 14. The SudanAddenda & CorrigendaPostscript