Encyclopaedia Of Islam, New Edition Index Volume, Index Of Subjects Fascicule 1

To accompany the existing Index of Persons, Brill has prepared an Index of Subjects, intended as an extra aid when using the Encyclopaedia of Islam. The sheer amount of information contained in the El, and the fact that the entries are given in their Arabic form, require a good deal of searching on the part of the user, which the Index of Persons can only partially alleviate. The Subject Index, now covering the completed Encyclopaedia of Islam, aims to lighten the user's work by providing a guide to the El in the form of a thesaurus. Entries are given in English and are followed by the titles of the relevant El-articles, as well as cross-references to articles which are not primarily about that subject, but include information which could be useful. The student and scholar of Islam are hereby given a boost in unravelling the enormous richness of Encyclopaedia of Islam.Bearman, P. J. is the author of 'Encyclopaedia Of Islam, New Edition Index Volume, Index Of Subjects Fascicule 1', published 2005 under ISBN 9789004143616 and ISBN 9004143610.