Editing and Printing the Arabic Book
Perspectives from South Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sohaib Baig (0000-0002-8077-1360, Association of Research Libraries, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 139-145 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743823000491 |
| OpenAlex | W4365515000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
In the first decades of the nineteenth century, British Calcutta stood as one of the most important cities in the world for the editing, printing, and selling of Arabic books. Before the famous Bulaq Press in Cairo was established in 1820, from 1801–19, European Orientalists and Indian munshi s (scribes and clerks) and maulvi s (Arabic, mawlana s), alongside one Yemeni scholar, had already printed 22 Arabic titles in movable type—many for the first time—at Fort William College in Calcutta (alongside 18 in Persian and 24 in Sanskrit). 1 By 1831, a published “List of Oriental Works for Sale at the Government Education Depository, near the Hindu College, Potoldanga, Calcutta,” advertised 27 Arabic, 31 Sanskrit, 36 English, 16 Hindi and Urdu, 30 Persian, and 29 Bengali books. 2 Far from a marginal undertaking, Arabic books represented a sizeable proportion of printing in Bengal at the beginning of the nineteenth century
Ancient history · Arabic · Archaeology · Art · BENGAL · Bengali · Hindi · Hinduism · Linguistics · Literature · Persian · Sanskrit · South asia · Urdu · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Classics · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |