The Arabic Writing Tradition, an Historical Survey, Volume 10 : Mathematical Geography and Cartography in Islam and Their Legacy in the West (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle East / the Arabic Writing Tradition: An Historic

For over sixty years, Professor Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the literary and scientific writings and achievements of Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general, and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular, is still of utmost importance for the field.