Hailed as a concise survey of Islamic history and culture, "An Introduction to Islam" covers everything from Islamic theology and law to the development of the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish languages, from social and economic life in the middle ages to the invention of the Muslim calendar.

This book was written to give students of Islam and the history of the Muslims people an introduction to the basic concepts and problems. It is not another narrative history, but a companion to the many accounts which are available, a perspective on the common denomitors given to 14th centuries of the Middle East and North America by Islamic rule and creed.

GALex presents the Greek and Arabic vocabulary of the mediaeval Graeco-Arabic translations in a systematic and context-based way explaining the analytical categories of the grammar of translation. Indispensable for the study of Arabic and Greek philosophical and scientific language and literature. Fully indexed, this second edition of the work supersedes the first with enhanced precision and breadth of coverage and user-friendly philological analysis.