Middle Eastern Studies

Comprehensively covers all aspects of Arabic languages and linguistics. It is interdisciplinary in scope and represents different schools and approaches in order to be as objective and versatile as possible.

This encyclopedia looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries. Containing thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps and more, this new encyclopedia fills a need in this key area of religious studies.

Based on the abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. Important attention given to Shiʿi Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilization, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.

Online edition of this major multi-volume work on numerous aspects of religion and culture, encompassing many geographic regions.

The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia is one of the most important European primary sources for the study of the modern Gulf region from the 17th to the early 20th century.

This authoritative, dynamic resource brings together the best current scholarship in the field for students, scholars... to foster a more accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world. Features reference content and commentary by renowned scholars in areas such as global Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture, and is regularly updated as new content is commissioned and approved.

Contains almost 100,000 bibliographical records from the National Library in Egypt, the British Library, and the Library of Congress. Focuses on books published in Arabic before 1960.

A bio-bibliography on the Arabic manuscript tradition in the African continent, which continued well into the 20th century CE. It offers authoritative information about African authors, the texts they wrote in Arabic, the manuscripts in which these texts are found, and the locations of these manuscripts, together with bibliographical references to the literature.

Carl Brockelmann's (1868-1956) Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur offers bio-bibliographic information about works written in Arabic and their authors, with an emphasis on the classical period. Individual entries typically consist of a biographical section and a list of the author’s works in manuscript and print, with references to secondary literature.

This online publication is the English translation of Brockelmann's famous Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL).

This is one of the best resources for Arabic. Searches multiple Arabic dictionaries as once, showing full page scans of original pages. Includes Lane, Hava, Wehr, Penrice, Steingass, and more. Updated frequently.

Available online in PDF

Searches multiple Persian dictionaries and provides other resources.

Search the whole of Dehkhoda's Loghatnameh online.