List of Arabic encyclopedias
This is a list of
encyclopedias in the Arabic
language.
History
The Arabic word for encyclopedia is mawsūʿah (موسوعة). It is derived from the word wāsiʿ (واسع), which means "wide".
The early
Muqadimmah
.
Following the
conquests of much of the Arab world by the Ottoman Empire, few Arabic encyclopedias were published until the 1950s. Modern Arabic encyclopedias include the online Marefa project. In 2006, the Arab League proposed the creation of a new online encyclopedia in Arabic.[2]
Historic encyclopedias
- Kitāb al-ṣifāt fi ʾl-lugha by al-Nadr ibn Shumayl (before 820, now lost)[3]
- 'Uyun Al-Akhbar by Ibn Qutaybah (9th century)[1]
- Al-ʿIqd al-Farīd (10th century)[1]
- Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity (10th century)[1]
- Kitab al-Aghani (10th century)
- Al-Tasrif (11th century)
- The Canon of Medicine (11th century)
- The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition (14th century)[1]
Contemporary encyclopedias
- Arab Encyclopedia (2008–...) [1]
- Arabic Legislations Encyclopedia [2]
- Khalf Aswar el Elm (Behind Scientific Barriers)
- Marefa
- Al-Arabi
- Mawsooat Al mawsooa Al tarikheya lel-alam al Arabi (الموسوعة التاريخية للعالم العربي)
- Anabaa [4]
- Marefah
Digital
General
- Dahsha (2003–...) [3]
- Intaaj [4]
- Global Arabic Encyclopedia (1992–...)[5](الموسوعة العربية العالمية)
- Arab Encyclopedia [6](الموسوعة العربية)
- Arabic Wikipedia (ويكيبيديا العربية)
- Mawdoo3 (موسوعة موضوع)
- Marefa (معرفة)
Scientific
Literature
Historical
Religion
- Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra
- Nabulsi [11]
- Muslimedia [12] Free Wiki-based Islamic Encyclopedia in Arabic
- copticpedia [13] Coptic Orthodox Encyclopedia الموسوعة القبطية الأرثوذكسية
Social
Law
Medical
- King Abdullah Abdul Aziz Health Encyclopedia
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul, eds. (1998). "Encyclopedias, medieval". Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 2. Routledge. pp. 208–209.
- ^ "Arab League nations agree to boost science".
- ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2.
- ^ "أخبار النبأ في الفكر والثقافة".
- ^ a b "الموسوعة العربية". Archived from the original on 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2009-03-19.