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page 1Non-Islamic Islam studies literature
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1776–89 book by English historian Edward Gibbon

arabist
thumb|French Arabist Louis Massignon in [[Cairo]]
An Arabist is someone, often but not always from outside the Arab world, who specialises in the study of the Arabic language and culture (usually including Arabic literature).

Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān
non-fiction book
International Journal of Middle East Studies
academic journal
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
non-fiction work by Martin Lings

Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam
book by Patricia Crone

Seeing Islam as Others Saw It
book by Robert G. Hoyland

History of the Arabs
1937 book by Philip Khuri Hitti
Muhammad at Mecca
book by William Montgomery Watt