The Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) offers an overview of Western perspectives on the Islamic world. Descriptive articles cover:
- Muslims of many origins, tribes, and dynasties
- crafts and sciences
- political and religious institutions
- geography, ethnography, flora, and fauna of the various countries
- history, topography, and monuments of the major towns and cities
In its geographical and historical scope it encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire, and all other Islamic countries.
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Go to the UNLV Libraries' home page. Under Find, select Articles, then under Article databases by name, click on the letter E and select Encyclopaedia of Islam.
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