List of English translations from medieval sources: A

The list of English translations from medieval sources: A provides an overview of notable medieval documents—historical, scientific, ecclesiastical and literature—that have been translated into English. This includes the original author, translator(s) and the translated document. Translations are from Old and Middle English, Old French, Old Norse, Latin, Arabic, Greek, Persian, Syriac, Ethiopic, Coptic, Armenian, and Hebrew, and most works cited are generally available in the University of Michigan's HathiTrust digital library and OCLC's WorldCat. Anonymous works are presented by topic.

List of English translations AA–AD Abbasid Caliphate. Abbasid Caliphate, the third Islamic caliphate, ruling from 750 to 1258.Christie, Niall. "Abbāsids". The Crusades - An Encyclopedia. pp. 1-3Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abbasids". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1. (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 10.

Byzantines and Arabs in the time of the early Abbasids (1900), by E. W. Brooks. In The English Historical Review,Edwards, J. Goronwy., Poole, R. Lane., Gardiner, S. Rawson., Winsor, J., Creighton, M. (Mandell). The English historical review . Harlow, Eng., etc.: Longman. XV (1900), pp. 728–747, XVI (1901), pp. 84–92. The Life of Mahomet: from original sources (1877).Muir, W. (1877). The life of Mahomet: from original sources . London. Translated by Scottish orientalist Sir William Muir (1819–1905).Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Muir, Sir William". Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 958.Avril A. Powell (2004). "Muir, Sir William (1819–1905) ". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "William Muir (1819-1905) ". Annals of the Early Caliphate: from original sources (1883).Muir, W. (1883). Annals of the early Caliphate: from original sources . London. Translated by William Muir. The Eclipse of the ʻAbbasid caliphate: original chronicles of the fourth Islamic century (1920–1921).Margoliouth, D. S. (David Samuel)., Amedroz, H. F. (Henry Frederick) (1920-1921). The Eclipse of the ʻAbbasid caliphate: original chronicles of the fourth Islamic century . Oxford: B. Blackwell. Edited, translated and elucidated by British orientalists Henry Frederick Amedroz (1854–1917)Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "Henry Frederick Amedroz (1855-1917) ". and David Samuel Margoliouth (1858–1940).A. F. L. Beeston (2004). "Margoliouth, David Samuel (1858–1940) ". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "David Samuel Margoliouth (1858-1940) ". Includes the Book of Viziers of Hilal al-Sabi', Tajárib al-Umam by Miskawayh and the Damascus Chronicles of ibn al-Qalanisi. Umayyads and 'Abbásids, being the fourth part of Jurjí Zaydán's History of Islamic civilization (1907).Zaydān, J., Margoliouth, D. S. (1907). Umayyads and 'Abbásids, being the fourth part of Jurjí Zaydán's History of Islamic civilization . Leyden. A translation by D. S. Margoliouth of Tarikh al-Tamaddun al-Islami, 5 volumes (1901–1906) of Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan (1861–1914).Zaydān, Jirjī (1861-1914) . WorldCat Identities.

'Abd Allāh ibn Fadl Allah. Also known as Wassāf (fl. 1300), he was a Persian historian of the Ilkhanate.Huart, Cl., "Waṣṣāf ", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936), Edited by M. Th. Houtsma, T.W. Arnold, R. Basset, R. Hartmann.

The allocation of cities and the propulsion of epochs (Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-a'ṣār) (1871). In The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians,Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers)., Dowson, J. (186777). The history of India, as told by its own historians. The Muhammadan period .: Ed. from the posthumous papers of the late Sir H. M. Elliot .... London: Trübner and Co. The Muhammadan Period, Volume III, pp. 24–54. From the posthumous papers of English historian Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808–1853).Lane-Poole, Stanley (1889). "Elliot, Henry Miers" In Dictionary of National Biography. 17. London. pp. 258-259. Edited in part by Elliot and in part by a munshi, revised by him.

'Abd al-Kāhir ibn 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Jurjāni. Also known as Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī (1009–1081).K. Abu Deeb, "'Abd-Al-Qaher Jorjani ". Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 2, pp. 134-137. Surnamed al-Nuhwī (the grammarian), he was a renowned Persian grammarian.

The Mi-ut ạmil, and Shurḥoo Miut ạmil (1814).Jurjānī, al-Qāhir ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān., Lockett, A. (Abraham). (1814). The Mi-ut ạmil, and Shurḥoo Miut ạmil: two elementary treatises on Arabic syntax, translated from the original Arabic with annotations, philological and explanatory, in the form of a perpetual commentary . The rules exemplified by a series of stories and citations from various Arabian authors, with an appendix containing the original text. Calcutta: Printed by P. Pereira at the Hindoostanee Press. Two elementary treatises on Arabic syntax Mi-ut ạmil (the Hundred Governing Powers) and Shurḥoo Miut. Translated from the original Arabic with annotations, philological and explanatory, in the form of a perpetual commentary. The rules exemplified by a series of stories and citations from various Arabian authors, with an appendix containing the original text. Edited by British orientalist Abraham Lockett (1781–1834).Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "Abraham Lockett (1781-1834)".

'Abd al-Kāhir ibn Tāhir ibn Muhammad, Abū Mansūr, al-Baghdādī. Also known as Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (died 1037), he was an Arab scholar, Imam, heresiologist and mathematician.Tritton, A.S., "al-Bag̲h̲dādī ", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs.

Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq (Moslem schisms and sects) (1919).Ibn Ṭāhir al-Baghdādī, al-Qāhir., Seelye, K. Chambers. (1919). Moslem schisms and sects =: al-Farḳ bain al-firaḳ : being the history of the various philosophic systems developed in Islam. New York: Columbia University Press. Edited by American orientalist Kate Chambers Seelye (1889–1973).Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "Kate Chambers Seelye (1889-1973) ". Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq, Part 2 (1935).Ibn Ṭāhir al-Baghdādī, al-Qāhir., Halkin, A. S., Seelye, K. Chambers. (192035). Moslem schisms and sects (al-Farḳ bain al-firaḳ): being the history of the various philosophic systems developed in Islam . New York: Columbia University Press. Updated by Israeli historian Abraham S. Harkin (1903–1990).Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "Abraham S. Halkin (1903-1990) ".

'Abd al-Latif. Also known as Abd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (1162–1231), a physician, philosopher, historian, Arabic grammarian and traveler, one of the most voluminous writers of his time.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abdallatif". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 30-31.

Extract from the relation respecting Egypt of Abd Allatif.... (1814). In A General collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world, many of which are now first translated into English: digested on a new plan.Pinkerton, J. (18081814). A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world . London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme (etc.). Volume XV, pp. 802–839 (1814). Translated by Scottish antiquary John Pinkerton (1758–1826).Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1896). "Pinkerton, John". In Dictionary of National Biography. 45. London. pp. 316-318. Personal observations of a physician and man of letters.ʻAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, M. al-Dīn., White, J., Sezgin, F., Silvestre de Sacy, A. I. baron. (1992). Relation de l'Égypte . Frankfurt am Main: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. Translated from the French rendering of French orientalist Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758–1838).Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Silvestre de Sacy, Antoine Isaac" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 119.Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838 )". Account of Egypt (1800).ʻAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, M. al-Dīn., Silvestre de Sacy, A. I. (1810). Relation de l'Égypte . Paris. Arabic document first discovered and published by English orientalist and Biblical scholar Edward Pococke (1604–1691).Lane-Poole, Stanley (1896). "Pococke, Edward". In Dictionary of National Biography. 46. London. pp. 7-12.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pococke, Edward". Encyclopædia Britannica. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 873. His son, Edward Pococke the Younger, then translated a fragment of the work into Latin. English Arabic scholar Thomas Hunt (1696–1774)Rapson, Edward James (1892). "Hunt, Thomas (1696-1774)" . In Dictionary of National Biography. 28. London. pp. 279-280. began the task of completing the translation but did not finish. The Latin translation was then completed by English orientalist and theologian Joseph White (1745–1814).Margoliouth, David Samuel (1900). "White, Joseph (1745-1814)". In Dictionary of National Biography. 61. London. p. 61.

'Abd al-Malik ibn Hishām. Also known as ibn Hisham (died 833), an Arabic biographer who edited the biography of Islamic Prophet Muhammad written by ibn Ishaq.Watt, W. Montgomery, "Ibn His̲h̲ām ", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs.

The Hijrah: a chapter from ibn Hisham. In The Life of Muhammad: a Translation of Isḥāq's Sīrat rasūl Allāh(1997).Ibn Hishām, al-Malik., Guillaume, A., Ibn Isḥāq, M. (1997). The life of Muhammad: a translation of Isḥāq's Sīrat rasūl Allāh . Jubilee series ed. Karachi: Oxford University Press. Translated by British Islamic scholar Alfred Guillaume (1888–1965).Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "Alfred Guillaume (1888-1965 )".

'Abd al-Masih ibn Ishāk, al-Kindi. Also known as al-Kindi (fl. 10th century), an Arab of whom very little is known.Troupeau, G., "al-Kindī, ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs.

Apology of al-Kindi (1882).Abd al Masīh ibn Ishak, a. Kindi. (1882). The apology of Al Kindy : written at the court of Al Mâmûn (AH 215; AD 830) in defense of Christianity against Islam. With an essay on its age and authorship read before the Royal Asiatic Society. London: Smith, Elder & Co.Kindī, d. ca. 873, Muir, W. (1887). The apology of al Kindy : written at the court of al Mâmûn (c. AH 215; AD 830), in defence of Christianity against Islam: with an essay on its age and authorship read before the Royal Asiatic Society. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. A partial translation into English of Apology of al-Kindi, written at the court of Abbasid caliph al Mâmûn (AD 830) in defense of Christianity against Islam. Translation by Scottish orientalist Sir William Muir (1819–1905). Al-Kindi's treatise on the cause of the blue colour of the sky (1937). Edited and translated by German orientalist Otto Spies (1901–1981). (cf. German Wikipedia, Otto Spies). In the Journal of the Bombay branch of the Asiatic Society,Journal of the Bombay branch of the Asiatic Society n.s. XIII (1937). pp. 7-19 n.s. XIII (1937). pp. 7–19.

'Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abi Bakr, Jalāl al-Din, al-Suyūti. Also known as al-Suyuti (1445–1505), he was an Egyptian scholar, historian and jurist.Brockelmann, "al-Suyūṭī ", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936), Edited by M. Th. Houtsma, T.W. Arnold, R. Basset, R. Hartmann.

History of the Caliphs (1881).al-Suyūṭī, 1. (1881). History of the Caliphs . Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press. An edition of History of the Caliphs translated by Major Henry Sullivan Jarrett (1839–1919).Jarrett, Henry Sullivan (1839-1919) . WorldCat Identities. History of the Temple of Jerusalem (1836). Translated by the Rev. James Reynolds.