The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition (Volumes 1-7)

As part of the series of indexes to "The Encyclopaedia of Islam" which serve to make this body of information easily accessible, the glossary and index treats the technical terms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu and other languages or dialects of the Islamic world. It is of importance as an index for the many terms which are not given an entry but are discussed in the course of an article, and as a glossary is a source of information for specialist and non-specialist alike.