Concise Biographical Companion to Index Islamicus

This first of the ultimately three-volume Who’s Who in Islamic Studies presents the scholarly world at long last with its own biographical encyclopaedia. Taking as a starting point the inventory of authors from the renowned Index Islamicus, the author, Wolfgang Behn (Berlin), has systematically collected numerous data on the lives and works of the tens of thousands of authors listed in the Index Islamicus from 1665 to 1980.This Biographical Companion will be an indispensable reference tool for the serious student and scholar of Islamic Studies. It enables the user to quickly gain knowledge on the life, work, and professional background of almost every major and minor author, and thus to place each author in his/her proper perspective. A tremendous achievement and a true must for every library.

'Highly recommended. Undergraduate libraries supporting world religions, international or area studies, and Middle Eastern studies.‘ S.M. Estelle-Holmer, Choice, 2005.

Wolfgang Behn, M.A.(1968) in Islamic Studies, was editor of the Union catalogue of Islamic publications at the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, until his retirement in 1996. He translated several works from German, Dutch and Arabic and collected, compiled and published four bibliographies. He also launched the Islamic Book Review Index (published between 1982-1992) and devoted his time to the Index Islamicus, 1665-1905 (1989) and its Supplement, 1665-1980 (1995-1996).