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 ReaderTranscriptionIntroductionI 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. The Forms of Arabic PoetryChapter 4. The Nature of Ancient Arabic PoetryChapter 5. The Transmission of Arabic PoetryChapter 6. 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. Mutammim b. NuwayraChapter 7. Al-KhansāʾChapter 8. Abū Miḥjan and al-KhuṭayʾaChapter 9. Minor PoetsChapter 10. Pseudo-ʿAlid LiteratureThird Section The Period of the UmayyadsChapter 2. ʿUmar b. Abī RabīʿaChapter 3. Other Poets in ArabiaChapter 4. Al-AkhṭalChapter 5. Al-FarazdaqChapter 6. JarīrChapter 7. Dhu ̓l-RummaChapter 9. Minor PoetsChapter 10. Prose Writing at the Time of the UmayyadsSecond Book: Islamic Literature in the Arabic LanguageFirst Section The Classical Period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000Chapter 2. PoetryChapter 2a. Rhymed ProseChapter 3. PhilologyChapter 4. HistoriographyChapter 5. Popular Literature in Prose and Works for General EducationChapter 6. ḤadīthChapter 7. FiqhChapter 8. Qurʾānic SciencesChapter 9. DogmaticsChapter 10. MysticismChapter 12. PhilosophyChapter 13. MathematicsChapter 14. Astronomy and AstrologyChapter 15. GeographyChapter 16. MedicineChapter 17. Natural and Occult Sciences, VariaChapter 18. EncyclopaediasSecond Section The post-Classical Period of Islamic Literature, from ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258IntroductionChapter 1. PoetryChapter 2. Rhymed Prose and StylisticsChapter 3. PhilologyChapter 4. HistoriographyChapter 5. Belles lettres in ProseChapter 6. ḤadīthChapter 7. FiqhChapter 8. Qurʾānic sciencesChapter 9. DogmaticsChapter 10 MysticismChapter 11. Philosophy and PoliticsChapter 12. MathematicsChapter 13. AstronomyChapter 14. Travelogues and GeographiesChapter 15. MedicineChapter 16. Natural Sciences and TechnologyChapter 16. AppendixChapter 17. Occult SciencesChapter 18. Encyclopedias and PolyhistorsAddenda & Corrigenda

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 ReaderTranscriptionIntroductionI 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. The Forms of Arabic PoetryChapter 4. The Nature of Ancient Arabic PoetryChapter 5. The Transmission of Arabic PoetryChapter 6. 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. Mutammim b. NuwayraChapter 7. Al-KhansāʾChapter 8. Abū Miḥjan and al-KhuṭayʾaChapter 9. Minor PoetsChapter 10. Pseudo-ʿAlid LiteratureThird Section The Period of the UmayyadsChapter 2. ʿUmar b. Abī RabīʿaChapter 3. Other Poets in ArabiaChapter 4. Al-AkhṭalChapter 5. Al-FarazdaqChapter 6. JarīrChapter 7. Dhu ̓l-RummaChapter 9. Minor PoetsChapter 10. Prose Writing at the Time of the UmayyadsSecond Book: Islamic Literature in the Arabic LanguageFirst Section The Classical Period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000Chapter 2. PoetryChapter 2a. Rhymed ProseChapter 3. PhilologyChapter 4. HistoriographyChapter 5. Popular Literature in Prose and Works for General EducationChapter 6. ḤadīthChapter 7. FiqhChapter 8. Qurʾānic SciencesChapter 9. DogmaticsChapter 10. MysticismChapter 12. PhilosophyChapter 13. MathematicsChapter 14. Astronomy and AstrologyChapter 15. GeographyChapter 16. MedicineChapter 17. Natural and Occult Sciences, VariaChapter 18. EncyclopaediasSecond Section The post-Classical Period of Islamic Literature, from ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258IntroductionChapter 1. PoetryChapter 2. Rhymed Prose and StylisticsChapter 3. PhilologyChapter 4. HistoriographyChapter 5. Belles lettres in ProseChapter 6. ḤadīthChapter 7. FiqhChapter 8. Qurʾānic sciencesChapter 9. DogmaticsChapter 10 MysticismChapter 11. Philosophy and PoliticsChapter 12. MathematicsChapter 13. AstronomyChapter 14. Travelogues and GeographiesChapter 15. MedicineChapter 16. Natural Sciences and TechnologyChapter 16. AppendixChapter 17. Occult SciencesChapter 18. Encyclopedias and PolyhistorsAddenda & Corrigenda