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Middle Eastern Studies

Major Print & Online Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia Iranica
See the online version as well.

Encyclopedia of Islam
Provides access to the 2nd ed., enhanced by the inclusion of an Index of proper names and an Index of subjects, and the ongoing 3rd ed.

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa

Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an
Provides alphabetically-arranged articles on qur'anic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'anic studies.

Encyclopedia of religion
Not as interdisciplinary as the Encyclopedia of Islam. Also some articles and bibliographies have not been updated from the 1987 edition.

More Encyclopedias

The Islamic world: past and present
The Oxford enclyclopedia of the modern Islamic world
Despite its title, many of the articles discuss the topic from early Islam to the present.