Abbasid literature

library, translation institute and research center in medieval Baghdad

collection of fables

movement that resulted in the translation of texts from various languages into Arabic

The '''' () (The Book Catalogue'') is a compendium of the knowledge and literature of tenth-century Islam compiled by Ibn al-Nadim (d. 998). It references approx. 10,000 books and 3,500 to 3,700 authors, despite being incomplete. A crucial source of medieval Arabic-Islamic literature, it preserves the names of authors, books and accounts otherwise entirely lost. is evidence of Ibn al-Nadim's thirst for knowledge among the sophisticated milieu of Baghdad's intellectual elite. As a record of civilisation transmitted through Muslim culture to the Western world, it provides unique classical materi

Ghaznavid poet

Arabic geography book

classic Islamic history book

book by Abu Tammam

9th-century Islamic scientific text by the Banū Mūsā brothers

book by Ibn al-Athīr Abū al-Saʻādāt

book by Ali ibn al-Athir