Volume 128 of the “Beiruter Texte und Studien”
Volume 128 of the “Beiruter Texte und Studien” is now freely available here in our open access repository MENAdoc.
The book was edited by Ray Jabre Mouawad and published by the … Read more
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Journal of the DMG Volume 163 Online
Volume 163 of the “Zeitung der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft” (ZDMG) is now available in our Open Access repository MENAdoc. After the embargo period in copyright law, we are now permitted to freely publish this 2013 edition.
Founded in 1845, the … Read more
Study on Abū Nuwās new on MENAdoc
“Abū Nuwās : a Study on the Arabic Literature of the Early Abbasid Period.” by Ewald Wagner
Abū Nuwās (756–814) was born in the city of Ahvaz in modern-day Iran. He was a master of all genres of Arabic poetry. … Read more
Now Open Access: “Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke” by Franz Babinger
Franz Babinger’s (1891 – 1967 ; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Babinger) “Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke” (The Historians of the Ottomans and their Works), 1927 is still an important and central reference work for osmanists and anyone interested in the history … Read more
3 Historical Books on the MENA Region in the Early 20th Century
New as Open Access on MENAdoc: 3 books on developments in the MENA region published in 1915 give an insight into the German perspective during the First World War.
Syria in the 19th century – a travelogue by Wetzstein as Open Access
Travel report on Hauran and the Trachons: along with an appendix on the Sabean monuments in eastern Syria
The German diplomat and orientalist Johann Gottfried “Fritz” Wetzstein published this travelogue in 1860. He was the Prussian consul in Damascus from … Read more
Arabic Phrasebook from 1881 on MENAdoc
„Arabischer Sprachführer für Reisende“ (Arabic Phrasebook for Travelers) compiled by Martin Hartmann in 1881 is now digitally available on MENAdoc.
Martin Hartmann was one of the founders of modern Islamic Studies before the First World War. He was one … Read more