GENERAL HISTORIES—
TABARI — Annales (ed. De Goeje and others), Leyden, 1879-1901; (French trans. made from the Persian version by Zotenberg, London, 1867-74).
MAS'OUDI — Prairies d'or (Arabic and French), Paris, 1861-77.
IBN AL-ATHIR — Chronicon (ed. Tornberg), Leyden, 1851-76.
IBN MISKAWAYH — Tajarib al- Umam, ed. Caetani (Gibb Memorial Series, vol. vii.), 1909 and 1913; partein sextam .... ed. De Goeje, Leyden, 1871.
IBN AT-TIKTAKA — Al-Fakhri (French trans. by Amar), Paris, 1910.
ABU'L-FARAJ — Historia compendiosa Dynasliarum, ed. Pococke, Oxford, 1663.
OCKLEY, SIMON — History of the Saracens, London, 1708-18.
WEIL — Geschichte der Chalifen, Mannheim and Stuttgart, 1846-62.
FLUEGEL — Geschichie der Araber, Leipzig, 1867.
MUELLER, AUGUST — Der Islam, Berlin, 1885-7.
SEDILLOT — Histoire des Arabes, Paris 1854.
CAETANI — Annali dell' Islam, Milan, 1905 ff.
HUART — Histoire des Arabes, Paris, 1912, 1913.
GIBBON — Decline and Fall (ed. Bury), chaps. I. ff, London, 1901-2.
LANE-POOLE — Mohammadan Dynasties, Westminster, 1894.
ALI, AMEER — Short History of the Saracens, London, 1899.
VON KREMER — Geschichte der herrschenden Ideen des Islams, Leipzig, 1868.
—— Kulturgeschichte des Orients unter den Chalifen, Vienna, 1875-7.
IBN KHALDUN — Prolegomena (French trans. by MacGuckin de Slane), (Notices et Extraits, vol. xix.), Paris, 1872.
GOLDZIHER — Muhammedanische Studien, Halle-a-S., 1888-90.
—— Vorlesungen ueber den Islam, Heidelberg, 1910.
VAN VLOTEN — Recherches sur la domination arabe, Amsterdam,1894.
WÜSTENFELD — Geschichtschreiber der Araber, Göttingen, 1882.
—— Geschichte der arabischen Aerzte und Naturforscher, Göttingen,1840.
—— Uebersetzungen arabischer Werke im Lateinische, Göttingen,1877.
BROCKELMANN — Geschichte der arabischen Literatur, Leipzig, 1901.
HUART — Arabic Literature, London, 1903.
NICHOLSON — Literary History of the Arabs, London, 1907.
STEINSCHNEIDER — Arabische Uebersetzungen aus dem griechischen (in various periodicals), 1889-96.
LECLERC — Historie de la Médecine arabe, Paris, 1876.
BOURGOIN — Précis de l'Art arabe, Paris, 1892.
THE FIRST FOUR CALIPHS —
CAUSSIN DE PERCEVAL — Essai sur l'histoire des Arabes, Paris, 1847.
NOELDEKE — Die ghassanischen Fuersten, 1887.
ROTHSTEIN — Die Dynastie der Lakhmiden, Berlin, 1899.
LAMMENS — Le Triumvirat Abou Bakr, 'Omar et Abou 'Obaida (Mélange de la Faculté orientale de Beyrouth, vol. iv.).
KOSEGARTEN — Tabaristanensis Annales (Extract from Tabari, Arabic and Latin), Greifswald, 1831.
SACHAU — Der erste Chalife Abou Bekr, Berlin, 1903.
—— Ueber den zweiten Chalifen Omar, Berlin, 1902.
THE UMEIYADS —
WELLHAUSEN — Das arabische Reich und sein Sturz, Berlin, 1902.
BRÜNNOW — Die Charidschiten unter den ersten Omayyaden, Leyden,1884.
NOELDEKE — Zur Geschichte der Omayyaden, 1901.
LAMMENS — Le Chantre des Omiades (Journal Asiatique, Series ix.,vol. iv.). —— Études sur le régne du caliph omaiyade Mo'awiya I (Mélanges de la Faculté orientate de Beyrouth), 1906.
PÉRLER — Vie d'al-Hadjdjadj (Bibhothèque de l'École des hautes Études), 1904.
QUATREMÈRE — Mémoire historique sur la vie d'Abd-Allah ben-Zobair (Journal Asiatique), 1832.
BECKER — Studien zur Omajjadengeschichte (Zeitschrift für Assyiologie, vol. xv.).
THE 'ABBASIDS —
VAN VLOTEN — De opkomst der Abbasiden in Chorasan, 1890.
ZAIDAN — Umayyads and Abbasids (English trans by D. S. Margoliouth), (Gibb Memorial Series, vol. iv.).
KREMER — Ueber das Einnahmebudget des Abbasiden-Reiches (Denkschriften of the Academy of Vienna), 1888.
HERZFELD — Samarra (archæological), Berlin, 1907.
MEHREN — Exposé de la Réforme de l' Islamisme commencée au III éme siécle, Leyden, 1878.
DEFÉRMERY — Mémoires sur les Emirs al-Oméra, Paris, 1848.
BARBIER DR MEYNARD — Ibrahim fils de Mehdi (Journal asiatique), 1869.
AMEDROZ — Buwaihid Rule in Bagdad (Journal of Royal Asiatic Society), 1901.
LE STRANGE — Lands of the Eastern Caliphate, Cambridge, 1905.
—— Baghdad during the Abbaside Caliphate, Oxford, 1900.
THE FATIMIDS —
DE GOEJE — Mémoires sur les Carmathes du Bahrain et les Fatimides, Leyden, 1886.
WÜSTENFELD — Geschichte der Fatimiden-Chalifen, Göttingen, 1881.
QUATREMÈRE — Mémoires historiques sur la Dynastie des Khalifes Fatimides (Journal Asiatique), 1836.
CASANOVA — Les derniers Fâtimides (Mémoires de la Mission archéologique du Caire, vol. xvi.).
NICHOLSON, JOHN — 'Arib (an account of the establishment of the Fatemide Dynasty), Tuebingen, 1840.
GOTTHEIL — A Distinguished Family of Fatimide Cadis (Journal of American Oriental Society), 1906.
DR SACY, SILVESTRE — Exposé de la Religion des Druses, Paris, 1838.
HAMMER-PURGSTALL — History of the Assassins (English trans. by 0. C. Wood), London, 1835.
ARABIA—
KAY, H. C. — Yaman, its Early Medieval History, etc. (texts of'Omara al-Yemeni, etc., and trans.), London, 1892.
PLAYFAIR — History of Arabia Felix, Bombay, 1859.
AL-KHAZREJI — History of the Resuli Dynasty of Yemen (text and trans. by J. W. Redhouse), (Gibb Memorial Series, iii.), 1906-13.
BADGER — History of the Imams and Seyyids of 'Oman (trans. from the Arabic), London, Hakluyt Society, 1871.
BURCKHARDT — Beduins and Wahabys, London, 1834.
CORANCEZ — Histoire des Wahabys, Paris, 1840.
PALGEAVE — Central and Eastern Arabia, London and Cambridge, 1865.
DOUGHTY — Arabia Deserta, Cambridge, 1888.
ABD ER-RAHMAN ES-SA'DI — Ta'rikh es-Sudan (History of the Sudan; text and French trans. by Houdas), Paris, 1900.
DARMESTETER — Le Mahdi, Paris, 1885.
EGYPT AND SYRIA —
IBN SA'ID — Kitab al-Maghrib, Bk. iv. (text and German trans. By Tallqvist), Leyden, 1899.
AL-KINDI — Governors and Judges of Egypt (Arabic text, ed. Guest), (Gibb Memorial Series vol. xix.), 1912.
MAKRIZI — Histoire des Sultans Mamloûks (French trans. by Quatremère), 1837-45.
—— Histoire d'Égypte (French trans. by Blochet, 1908).
AMÉLINEAU — Monuments pour servir à l'histoire de l'Égypte chrétienne, Paris, 1888-95.
JOHN OF NIKIU — Chronicle (with French trans. by Zotenberg), (Notices et Extraits, xxiv.), Paris, 1883.
BUTLER — The Arab Conquest of Egypt, Oxford, 1902.
ROORDA — Tulunidarum primi vita, etc., Leyden, 1825.
MUIR — The Mameluke or Slave Dynasty, London, 1896.
DE GOEJE — Mémoire sur la conquête de la Syrie, Leyden, 1864.
BECHARD et PALMIERI — L'Égypte et la Nubie (architectural), Paris, 1890.
LE STRANGE — Palestine under the Moslems, London, 1887.
NORTH AFRICA —
TORREY — The Mohammedan Conquest of Egypt and North Africa, 1901.
PELLISSIER and RÉMUSAT — Histoire de i'Afrique (Exploration scientifique l'Algérie), Paris, 1845.
CARETTE — Recherches sur l'origine et les migrations des principles tribus de l'Afrique septentrionale, Paris, 1853.
FAGNAN — Nouveaux Textes historiques relatifs à l'Afrique du Nord et à la Sicile, Palermo, 1910.
COUSIN et SAURIN — Le Maroc, Paris, 1905.
MERCIER — Histoire de l'Afrique septentrionale, Paris, 1888.
IBN ABI ZER' — Raua al-Kartas (Histoty of Mauritania; ed., with Latin trans., by Tornberg), Upsala, 1843.
BEAUMIER — Histoire des Souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc; traduit du Raud al Kartas), Paris, 1860.
WEFRANI — Nuzhat al Hadi (Sa'di Sherifs of Morocco; text and French trans. by Houdas), Paris, 1888-9.
FAURE-BIGUET — Histoire de l'Afrique septentrionale sous la domination musulmane (740-1830), 1905.
MACKENZIE — The Khalifate of the West London, 1911.
SLAWI — Kitab al-Istiksa (History of Morocco), Cairo, 1314 A.H. BUDGETT MEAKIN — The Moorish Empire, London, 1899.
ROUTH — Tangier, London, 1912.
LANE-POOLE — The Moors in Spain, 1890.
PERSIA —
MALCOLM — History of Persia, London, 1815.
FRASER — Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, Edinburgh, 1834.
BROWNE — Literary History of Persia, London, 1902-6.
SYKES — History of Persia, London, 1915.
GUIGNES — Histoire générale des Huns, Bks. x.-xii., Paris, 1756-8.
THE MUSLIMS IN EUROPE —
SCOTT — History of the Moors in Europe, Philadelphia, 1901.
REINAUD — Invasion des Sarrazins en France, Paris, 1836.
ZOTENBERG — Invasions des Visigoths et des Arabes en France (Histoire générale de Languedoc), Toulouse, 1876.
REY — Les invasions des Sarrasins en Provence, Marseille, 1878.
IBN ABD-EL-HAKAM — History of the Conquest of Spain (text and trans. by Jones), Göttingen-London, 1858.
MAKKARI — History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain (English trans. by De Gayangos), London, 1840.
GONDÉ — The Arabs in Spain (English trails. by Mrs Forster), London, 1854-6.
IRVING, WASHINGTON — Conquest of Granada, London, 1829.
DOZY — Histoire des Musulmans d'Espagne, 711-1110, Leyden, 1861.
—— Recherches sur l'Histoire et la Litérature de l'Espagne, Leyden, 1881.
GOLDZIHER — Die Shu'ubijja ... in Spanien, 1899.
IBN AL-KUTIYA — Conquête de l'Espagne (with French trans. by Cherbonneau), 1853-7.
—— Conquête de l'Andalousie (with French trans. by Houdas), Paris, 1889.
ASCHBACH — Geschichte der Omaijaden in Spanien, Frankfort-a-M., 1860.
ABD EL-WAHID MERRAKECHI — Histoire des Almohades (French trans. by Fagnan), Alger, 1893.
SIMONET — Descripción del Reino de Granada bajo la dominación de los Naseritas, Granada, 1872.
AMARI — Biblioteca arabo-sicula, Rome 1880-1.
—— Storia dei musulmani di Sicilia, Florence, 1854-68.
THE CRUSADES —
DERENBOURG — Ousama ibn Mounkidh, a Syrian Emir (École des Langues orientalis vivantes), 1893.
—— Recueil des Historiens des Croisades (texts with French trans.), Paris, 1872 ff.
MICHAUD — Bibliothèque des Croisades, Paris, 1829.
—— Histoire des Croisades, Paris, 1841.
STEVENSON — The Crusaders in the East, Cambridge, 1907.
BRÉHIER — L'Églisee et l'Orient au moyen âge, Paris, 1907.
KEIGHTLEY — The Crusaders, London, 1847.
—— Chronicles of the Crusades, from contemporary narratives London, 1848.
MILLS — History of the Crusades, London, 1822.
TURKS AND MONGOLS —
HAMMER-PURGSTALL — Geschichte des osmanisehen Reiches, Pesth, 1834-6; (French trans.), Paris, 1835-43.
JACOB — History of the Ottoman Empire, London and Glasgow, 1854.
FRASER — Turkey, Ancient and Modern, Edinburgh, 1854.
LANE-POOLE (assisted by E.J.W. GIBB and A. GILMAN) — Turkey, London, 1888.
CREASY — History of the Ottoman Turks, London, 1854-6.
GIBB — History of Ottoman Poetry, London, 1900 ff.
HOWORTH — History of the Mongols, London, 1876-8.
D'OHSSON — Histoire des Mongols, Amsterdam 1852.
FADL ALLAH RASHID ED-DIN — History of the Mongols, ed. by Blochet (Gibb Memorial Series xii. and xviii.).
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