Encyclopedie De L'Islam Index Des Matieres Des Tombes I-X Du Supplement, Livraisons 1-6

To accompany the existing Index of Persons, "Brill has prepared an Index of Subjects, intended as an extra aid when using the "Encyclopidie de l'Islam. The sheer amount of information contained in the EI, 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 "Index des Matihres, now fully covering Volumes I-X of the "Encyclopidie de l'Islam, aims to lighten the user's work by providing a guide to the EI in the form of a thesaurus. Entries are given in French and are followed by the titles of the relevant EI-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 "Encyclopidie de l'Islam.Bearman, P. J. is the author of 'Encyclopedie De L'Islam Index Des Matieres Des Tombes I-X Du Supplement, Livraisons 1-6' with ISBN 9789004122260 and ISBN 9004122265.