5. Of the slave (umm walad) that has borne a child to her master or to another and of her children.
APPENDIX II
I. Books and Articles, General and Fundamental, for the Study of Islam.
II. On Muslim History and on Present Condition of Muslim World.
III. On Muslim Traditions and Law.
IV. On Muslim Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism.
I
Books and Articles, General and Fundamental, for the Study of Islam
The non-Arabist will gain much insight into Muslim life and thought by reading such translations as that of Ibn Khallikan by De Slane (Paris-London; 1843-71), the Persian Tabari, by Zotenberg (Paris; 1867-74), Ibn Batuta by Defrémery and Sanguinetti (Paris; 1853-58), Mas‘udi by C. Barbier de Meynard and Pavet de Courteille (Paris; 1861-77), Ibn Khaldun’s Prolégomènes by De Slane (Paris; 1862-68), ad-Dimishqi by Mehren (Copenhagen; 1874), al-Beruni’s Chronology by Sachau (London; 1879).