3. Arabic-English Lexicon, by E. W. Lane, 8 parts (London, 1863-93).
This monumental work is unfortunately incomplete. Among other lexica those of Freytag (Arabic and Latin, 4 vols., Halle, 1830-37), A. de Biberstein Kazimirski (Arabic and French, 2 vols., Paris, 1846-60, and 4 vols., Cairo, 1875), and Dozy's Supplément aux Dictionnaires arabes, 2 vols. (Leyden, 1881), deserve special notice. Smaller dictionaries, sufficient for ordinary purposes, have been compiled by Belot (Dictionnaire arabe-français, Beyrout, 1928), and Wortabet and Porter (Arabic-English Dictionary, 3rd ed., Beyrout, 1913).
4. Abhandlungen zur Arabischen Philologie, by Ignaz Goldziher, Part I (Leyden, 1896).
Contains masterly studies on the origins of Arabic Poetry and other matters connected with literary history.
5. Die Rhetorik der Araber, by A. F. Mehren (Copenhagen, 1853).
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GENERAL WORKS ON ARABIAN HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, LITERATURE, ETC.
6. The Encyclopædia of Islam (Leyden, 1913—).
A great number of Orientalists have contributed to this invaluable work, of which the first half (A-L) is now completed.
7. Chronique de Ṭabarí, traduite sur la version persane de ... Bel‘amí, by H. Zotenberg, 4 vols. (Paris, 1867-74).
8. The Murúju ’l-Dhahab of Mas‘údí (Maçoudi: Les Prairies d'Or), Arabic text with French translation by Barbier de Meynard and Pavet de Courteille, 9 vols., (Paris, 1861-77).
The works of Ṭabarí and Mas‘údí are the most ancient and celebrated Universal Histories in the Arabic language.
9. Abulfedæ Annales Muslemici arabice et latine, by J. J. Reiske, 5 vols. (Hafniæ, 1789-94).
10. Der Islam im Morgen- und Abendland, by August Müller, 2 vols. (Berlin, 1885-87).