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Islam

See also
Key reference sources in Western languages in religious studies. General references sources; and Stanford's The Islam Page and USC-MSA Compendium of Muslin Texts both rich in textual materials

Islam and Islamic Studies Resources

GUIDES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Current bibliographies

Eurislam
EURISLAM is an open access database especially designed for academics, public
organisations and officials. It indexes publications concerning two major aspects of Islam
in Europe: the current state of Muslim populations in European societies (minority groups,
immigration issues, leadership, institutions, public policies, trends, etc.) and Islam as religion
(beliefs, practices, values, movements and schools of thought, etc.). The database contains
reviews of press articles, books, contributions to collective publications, studies and reports,
theses and grey literature. Currently, more than 4,300 references are available free of charge
in French or English.

Index Islamicus on CD ROM. London: Bowker-Saur, 1998-
Green Library Ref Desk Copy DS44 .I53
Includes materials listed in the printed version of Pearson/Roper's Index Islamicus with some additional titles. Periodically updated.

Pearson, J.D.
Index Islamicus, 1906-1955; a catalogue of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications. Cambridge, England: W. Heffer, 1958.
continued as
Index Islamicus. Supplement. Cambridge, England: W. Heffer, 1962-
covering years 1956/60-1976/80.
Continued as
Roper, G.J.
Index Islamicus. Bibliography of books and articles on the Muslim world. London: Mansell, 1983-
covering years 1981/1985- (publishers changed)
Information Center Z7835 .M6 P4
Library is missing years 1986-1992. 1994. For those years please see
Hoover Z7835.M6 L859

The Muslim world book review. Leicester, U.K.: Islamic Foundation, 1, 1980-
DS35.3.M88 laterst in Current Periodicals.

Bibliographic series. American Institute of Islamic Studies. Denver, Colo.: The Institute, 1969-1975.
Z7835.M6 A54

Christian Muslim relations: a bibliographical history. Edited by David Thomas and Barbara Roggema. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2009. 3 vols.
BP172 .C4196

Guides

Introductory guide to Middle Eastern and Islamic bibliography. Edited by Paul Auchterlonie. Oxford: Middle East Libraries Committee, 1990. (Middle East Libraries Committee research guides, 5)
Hoover Reference Z3013.I57 1990

Anees, Munawar A.
Guide to Sira and Hadith literature in Western languages. London; New York: Mansell, 1986.
Information Center Z7835.M6A6 1986

Geddes, Charles L.
Guide to reference books for Islamic studies. Denver, Colo.: American Institute of Islamic Studies, 1985. (American Institute of Islamic Studies, no. 9)
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BP161.2 .G4 1985

Guide to Islam. David Ede, editor, [et al.]. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1983. (Asian philosophies and religions resource guides.)
Information Center Z7835.M6G84 1983

Geddes, Charles L.
An analytical guide to the bibliographies on Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an. Denver: American Institute of Islamic Studies, 1973.
Hoover Z7835 .M6 G29

Periodicals

Periodica Islamica. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Berita Pub., 1991-1993.
Hoover Z7835 .M6 P47

Retrospective bibliographies

On-line
Ammerman, J., Blackburn, S. Suggested Resources for the Study of Islam

General

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck.
The Islamic revival since 1988: a critical survey and bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. (Bibliographies and indexes in religious studies, no. 45)
Z7835 .M6 H24 1997

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck.
The contemporary Islamic revival. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. (Bibliographies and indexes in religious studies, no. 20)
Information Center Z7835.M6 H23 1991

Arab-Islamic bibliography: the Middle East Library Committee guide: based on Giuseppe Gabrieli's Manuale di bibliografia musulmana. Edited by Diana Grimwood-Jones, Derek Hopwood, J. D. Pearson, with the assistance of J. P. C. Auchterlonie, J. D. Latham, Yasin Safadi. Hassocks, England: Harvester Press: Atlantic Highland, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1977.
Z3013 .A66 1977

Geddes, C. L. (Charles L.)
Books in English on Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an: a selected and annotated bibliography.Denver: American Institute of Islamic Studies, 1976.(Bibliographic series - American Institute of Islamic Studies ; no. 5)
Z7835.M6 G3

Regions

Middle East and Islam: a bibliographical introduction. Edited by Diana Grimwood-Jones. Rev. and enl. ed. Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Co., 1979. (Bibliotheca Asiatica, 15)
Information Center Z3013.M48 1979
Continuation:
Middle East and Islam: a bibliographical introduction: supplement, 1977-1983. Middle East Libraries Committee; edited by Paul Auchterlonie. Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Co., 1986. (Bibliotheca Asiatica; 20)
Z3013.M59 1979 Suppl.

Israeli, Raphael.
Islam In China. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. (Bibliographies and indexes in religious studies, no. 29)
Z7835.M6 I85 1994

Leslie, Donald.
Islamic literature in Chinese, late Ming and early Ching. Belconnen: Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1981.
Z7835.M6L47 1981

Haron, Muhammed.
Muslims in South Africa. Cape Town: South African Library in association with Centre for Contemporary Islam, UCT, 1997.
Z3608 .E74 H37 1997

Mahida, Ebrahim Mahomed.
Islam in South Africa. Durban, South Africa: Centre for Research in Islamic Studies, University of Durban-Westville, [1993].
Z7835.M6M34 1993

Ofori, Patrick E.
Islam in Africa south of the Sahara. Nendeln [Liechtenstein]: Kto Press, 1977.
Z7835.M6.O36

Islam in sub-Saharan Africa: a partially annotated guide. Compiled by Samir M. Zoghby.
Washington: Library of Congress, 1976.
Federal Documents LC 2.7/2:Is 4
Also Hoover Z7835.M6Z63

Hussain, Asaf.
Islamic movements in Egypt, Pakistan, and Iran: an annotated bibliography. London: Mansell, 1983.
Z7835.M6H9 1983

Dissertations

Sluglett, Peter.
Theses on Islam, the Middle East and North-West Africa, 1880-1978. London: Mansell Pub., 1983.
Information Center Z3013.S57 1983

Schwarz, Klaus.
Erzeichnis deutschsprachiger hochschulschriften zum islamischen orient (1885-1970). Freiburg im Breisgau, Karl Schwarz Verlag, 1971.
Z7835.M6.S3

Subject bibliographies

Daiber, Hans.
Bibliography of Islamic philosophy. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 1999. 2 v.  (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 43 bd. = Handbook of Oriental studies. The Near and Middle East)
Z7128 .I57 D53 1999

Sauvaget, Jean.
Introduction to the history of the Muslim East: a bibliographical guide. Based on the 2d ed. as recast by Claude Cahen. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965.
Information Center Z3013.S314

Wismer, Don.
The Islamic Jesus: an annotated bibliography of sources in English and French.
New York: Garland Pub., 1977. (Garland reference library of the humanities, v. 58)
Z7835.M6.W57

Hashad, Mahmoud. Select bibliography on Arab Islamic civilization. Kuwait: Kuwait University, Libraries Dept., 1970
Z3013.H365
 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

Encyclopaedia of Islam and Encyclopaedia of Quran are a vailable on line to Stanford users only. Please check our catalog.

Shi'ite Encyclopedia

The Encyclopaedia of Islam on CD-ROM [computer file]. Ed. A.R. Gibb. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill,1999.
Same as the Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition (below)
Information Center DS37.E525 1999

Key encyclopedia:
The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Edited by an editorial committee consisting of H. A. R. Gibb [and others] Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1960- 11 vols in numerous fascicles.
The encyclopaedia of Islam, new edition. Supplement. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1980-.
and indexes:
Petri J. Bearman. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, new edition. Index of subjects to volumes I -IX and to the supplement, fascicles 1-6. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1998.
E. J. van Donzel. The encyclopaedia of Islam, new edition. Index of proper names to volumes I-IX and to the supplement, fascicules 1-6. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1998.
Information Center DS37 .E523

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world. Editor in chief, Richard C. Martin.
Electronic version: Table of contents [Link] New York: Macmillan Reference US : Thomson/Gale, 2004. 2 vols.
Information Center BP40 .E525 2004

Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by Masood Ali Khan, Shaikh Azhar Iqbal.
New Delhi: Commonwealth, 2005. 10 vols.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: v. 1. Islam : birth and origin -- v. 2. Islam : rise and growth -- v. 3. Life and times of Prophet Muhammad -- v. 4. Role of Qur'an in Islam -- v. 5. Islamic thoughts and its philosophy -- v. 6. Religious doctrine of Islam -- v. 7. Traditions in Islam -- v. 8. Islam in the Arabic world -- v. 9. Islamic laws -- v. 10. Islam in the modern world.
BP40 .E52 2005

E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. Edited by M.Th. Houtsma ... [et al.]. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1987. 9 vols.
Information Center DS35.53 .E53 1987

Reprint of: The encyclopaedia of Islam; a dictionary of the geography, ethnography and biography of the Muhammadan peoples, prepared by a number of leading orientalists. Published under the patronage of the International association of the academies. Leyden: E. J. Brill, 1913-1934. 4 vols.
Green Stacks DS37 .E5
and its supplement
The encyclopaedia of Islam. Supplement. Leyden: E. J. Brill, 1938.
DS37 .E5 SUPPL.

Chebel, Malek
Dictionnaire encyclopédique du Coran. Paris: Fayard, 2009.
BP133 .C462 2009

Dictionnaire du coran. Sous la direction de Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi. Paris: Robert Laffont, 2007.
BP133 .D53 2007

Islamic desk reference. Compiled from the encyclopaedia of Islam by E. van Donzel. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994.
Information Center DS35.53.I83 1994
Based on: The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New ed. 1960-[i.e. 1954]-

The Oxford dictionary of Islam. John L. Esposito, editor in chief. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Information Center BP40 .O95 2003

Newby, Gordon Darnell
A concise encyclopedia of Islam. Oxford: Oneworld, 2002.
BP40 .N49 2002

Concise encyclopedia of Islam. Edited on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Academy [by] H.A.R. Gibb and J.H. Kramers. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2001.
Information Center   BP40 .C66 2001

Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris.
A basic dictionary of Islam. [New Delhi]: Goodword Books; Fresh Meadows, NY: Distributed in the U.S.A. by The Bestsellers, 1998 (2001 printing)
BP40 .M37 1998

Glassé, Cyril.
The new encyclopedia of Islam.  Rev. ed.  Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001.
Information Center  BP40 .G42 2001
Previous edition:
Glasse, Cyril.
The concise encyclopedia of Islam. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1989.
Information Center BP40.G42 1989

Adamec, Ludwig W.
Historical dictionary of Islam. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001. (Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements; no. 37)
Information Center BP50 .A33 2001

Hughes, Thomas Patrick, 1838-1911.
Dictionary of Islam : being a cyclopaedia of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, together with the technical and theological terms of the Muhammadan religion. New Delhi: Rupa & Co., 1999. (Editions 1935 and 1885 also available.)
Information Center BP40.H8 1999

Khoury, Adel Theodore.
Dictionnaire de l'Islam: histoire, idees, grandes figures. [Belgium?]: Brepols, 1995.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BP40 .K4814 1995

Subject encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia Iranica. Edited by Ehsan Yarshater. London; Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982- (from vol. 5: Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers). Library has 11 vols.
Information Center DS253 .E56

Kabbani, Muhammad Hisham.
Encyclopedia of Islamic doctrine. Parallel title: Musuat al-islami aqida ahl al-sunnah wa al-jamaat. 2nd ed. Mountain View, CA : As-Sunna Foundation of America, 1998. 8 vols.
Contents: v. 1. Beliefs = Aqidah -- v. 2. Remembrance of Allah and praising the Prophet = Dhikr Allah, madih, naat, qasidat al-burda -- v. 3. The Prophet: commemorations, visitation and his knowledge of the unseen = Mawlid, ziyara, ilm al-ghayb -- v. 4. Intercession = Shafaa, Tawassul, istighatha -- v. 5. Self-purification: state of excellence = Tazkiyat al-nafs/tasawwuf, ihsan -- v. 6. Forgotten aspects of Islamic worship: pt. 1 -- v. 7. Forgotten aspects of Islamic worship: pt. 2 -- v. 8. Indices.
BP166 .K33 1998

Encyclopaedia of Arabic literature. Edited by Julie Scott Meisami and Paul Starkey. New York: Routledge, 1998. 2 vols.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Information Center PJ7510 .E53 1998

Encyclopaedic survey of Islamic culture. Edited by Mohamed Taher. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 1997-1998. 20 vols.
BP40 .E53 1997

Encyclopaedia of Islamic law. Editors, Arif Ali Khan, Tauqir Mohammad Khan, et al. [New Delhi]: Pentagon Press, 2006. 10 vols.
KBP40 .E63 2006

Noegel, Scott B.
Historical dictionary of prophets in Islam and Judaism. Scott B. Noegel, Brannon M. Wheeler.Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2002.
Information Center BM645 .P67 N64 2002

Amin, Hassan.
Islamic shiite encyclopaedia.  [Beirut, SLIM Press, 1967-1973]. 4 vols.
BP40.A4

Encyclopaedia of Sufism. Edited by Masood Ali Khan, S. Ram. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2003. 12 vols.
Contents Note: v. 1. An introduction to Sufism : origin, philosophy & development -- v. 2. Sufism : tenets, orders & saints -- v. 3. Sufism in India -- v. 4. Chisti order of Sufism & miscellaneous literature -- v. 5. Some prominent Sufi saints -- v. 6. Sufism & Suhrawardi order -- v. 7. Basic principles of Sufism in Islam -- v. 8. Great Sufi saints : Sarmad & Bawa Muhaiyaddeen -- v. 9. Early Sufi literature -- v. 10. Sufism in South India & Punjab -- v. 11. Early Sufi masters : Sharafuddin Maneri and Abdullah Ansari
BP189 .E53 2003

Muslim world

Islam in the world today: a handbook of politics, religion, culture, and society. Edited by Werner Ende and Udo Steinbach. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press, 2010.
BP161.2 .D46613

Encyclopaedia of the world Muslims : tribes, castes and communities. Edited by N.K. Singh, A.M. Khan. Delhi, India : Global Vision, 2001. 4 vols.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BP50 .E53 2001

The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world. John L. Esposito, editor in chief. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 4 vols.
Information Center DS35.53.O95 1995

The Muslim world. Edited by Geoffrey Orens. Bronx, NY: The H.W. Wilson Co., 2003.
(The Reference shelf ; v. 75, no. 1)
PN4181 .R42 V.75:NO.1

The Muslim almanac: a reference work on the history, faith, culture, and peoples of Islam. Azim A. Nanji, editor. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1996.
Information Center BP40 .M83 1996

Islam and Islamic groups: a worldwide reference guide. Edited by Farzana Shaikh.
Harlow, Essex, U.K.: Longman, 1992.
Hoover Reference BP173.7.I837 1992

Muslim peoples: a world ethnographic survey. Edited by Richard V. Weekes. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984. 2 vols.
Information Center DS35.625.A1 M87 1984

The World of Islam: faith, people, culture. Edited by Bernard. London: Thames and Hudson, 1976.
DS36.85.I75 1976b f

Pareja Casanas, Felix M.
Islamologie. Beyrouth, Impr. 1957-1963 [i.e. 1964].
Hoover D199.3.P2274
Handbook, somewhat obsolete. In French.

Nimer, Mohamed
The North American Muslim resource guide: Muslim community life in the United States and Canada. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Information Center BP67 .A1 N57 2002

Islam in North America: a sourcebook. Edited by Michael A. Koszegi and J. Gordon Melton. New York: Garland Pub., 1992. (Religious information systems series, vol. 8)
Information Center BP67.A1 I82 1992

Compendia

Elias, Jamal J.
Islam. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1999. (Religions of the world)
BP161.2 E45 1999

Ruthven, Malise.
Islam: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
BP161.2 .R86 1997

Mir, Mustansir.
Dictionary of Quranic terms and concepts. New York: Garland Pub., 1987. (Garland reference library of the humanities, vol. 693)
Information Center BP133.M57 1987

BIOGRAPHIES

Biographical encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by M. Th. Houtsma ... [et al.]. New Delhi: Cosmo Publications, 2006. 4 vols.
Information Center BP70 .B563 2006

Encyclopaedia of Muslim biography : India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Edited by Nagendra Kr. Singh. New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, 2001. 5 vols.
Information Center DS432 .M84 E46 2001

Maheta, Dipaka
Work, ritual, biography : a Muslim community in North India.Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
 DS485 .B28 M247 1997

ATLASES

An Historical atlas of Islam. Edited by William C. Brice; under the patronage of the Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill, 1981.
G1786.S1 H57 F

Al-Faruqi, Ismail R
Cultural atlas of Islam. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
Information Center DS36.85.A39 1986 (also in stacks)
 

AREA STUDIES

HISTORY

The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world. Edited by Francis Robinson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
DS35.63.R63 1996

Rahman, H. U. (Habib Ur).
A chronology of Islamic history, 570-1000 CE. 2nd rev. ed. London: Ta-Ha, 1995.
Information Center DS38.3.R35 1995

Lapidus, Ira Marvin
A history of Islamic societies. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
DS35.63.L37 1988

The Cambridge history of Islam. Edited by P. M. Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton [and] Bernard Lewis. Cambridge: University Press, 1970. 2 vols.
Information Center DS35.6 .C3
 

ARCHIVES

QURAN

Quran on line:
http://www.hti.umich.edu/relig/koran/

The Holy Quran with English translation and commentary. Alhaj Mirza Bashir ud Din Mahmud Ahmad. Tilford, England: Islam International, 1988. 5 vols.
Information Center BP109.A45 1988

Bibliography

Binark, Ismet.
World bibliography of translations of the meanings of the Holy Quran: printed translations, 1515-1980. Bibliyugrafiya al-alamiyah li-tarjamat maani al-Quran al-karim.
Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture, 1986.
Z7835 .M6 B55 1986

Commentaries
(selection limited to some recent commentaries)

Abdel Haleem, M. A.
Understanding the Quran: themes and style. London: Tauris, 1999.
BP130 .A23 1999

Koran. English & Arabic.
The meaning of the glorious Qur’an: text and explanatory translation. By Marmaduke Pickthall. Karachi: Taj, [19--
BP109 .P597

Khui, Abu al-Qasim ibn Ali Akbar.
Bayan fi tafsir al-Quran. English. The prolegomena to the Quran. Translated with an introduction by Abudlaziz A. Sachedina. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
BP130.4 .K413 1998

Robinson, Neal.
Discovering the Qur'an : a contemporary approach to a veiled text. London: SCM Press, 1996.
BP130.4 .R62 1996

Gatje, Helmut, 1927-1986.
Koran und Koranexegese. English. The Quran and its exegesis: selected texts with classical and modern Muslim interpretations. Translated andedited by Alford T. Welch.
Other title: Selected texts with classical and modern Muslim interpretations. Rockport, Maine: Oneworld Publications, 1996.
BP130.45 .G313 1996

Ali, Abdullah Yusuf.
The meaning of the Holy Quran Koran. English & Arabic. New ed. with rev. translation and commentary. Brentwood, Md., U.S.A.: Amana Corp., 1995.
BP109 1995

Bell, Richard.
A commentary on the Qur'an. Prepared by Richard Bell; edited by C. Edmund Bosworth and M.E.J. Richardson. Manchester: University of Manchester, 1991. 2 vols. (Journal of semitic studies monograph, 14)
BP130.4.B45 1991

Koran. English & Arabic. 1988.
The Holy Quran with English translation and commentary: Alhaj Mirza Bashir ud Din Mahmud Ahmad.  Tilford, England: Islam International, 1988.  5 vols.
BP109.A45 1988

Ayoub, Mahmoud.
The Qur'an and its interpreters Albany: State University of New York Press, 1984. 2 vols.
BP130.4 .A835 1984

Concordances

Paret, Rudi.
Der Koran; Kommentar und Kondordanz. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1971. 5th edition in 1994.
BP130.4.P3

Concordance et indices de la tradition musulmane : les six livres, le Musnad d'al-Darimi, le Muwatta' de Malik, le Musnad de Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Organises et commences par A.J.Wensinck. 2e ed. Leiden; New York: E.J. Brill, 1992. 8 vols.
BP135.2.W43 1992

Kassis, Hanna E.
A concordance of the Quran. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.
Information Center BP133.K37 1983

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopaedia of Quranic studies.[Edited by] Mohammad Ilyas Navaid, Maulana Mohammad Razi Khan Afridi. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2006.
Physical Description: 26 v.
BP130 .E53 2006

Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an.  Jane Dammen McAuliffe, general editor. Leiden: Brill, 2001- 2006. 5 vols.
Information Center BP133 .E53 2001

Encyclopaedia of the Holy Qur’ân. Editors N. K. Singh, A. R. Agwan. Delhi: Global Vision Publishing House, 2000. 5 vols.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr  BP133 .E63 2000

Kinberg, Naphtali.
A lexicon of al-Farra's terminology in his Quran commentary: with full definitions, English summaries, and extensive citations. Leiden; New York: E.J. Brill, 1996. (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 23. Bd. = Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten, 23. Bd.)
BP130.4.K46 1996

Mir, Mustansir.
Dictionary of Qur'anic terms and concepts. New York: Garland Pub., 1987. (Garland reference library of the humanities, vol. 693)
BP133 .M57 1987
 
 

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