III Pre-Islamic History, Literature, and Religion
32. Essai sur l’histoire des Arabes avant l’Islamisme, by A. P. Caussin de Perceval, 3 vols. (Paris, 1847-48). Affords an excellent survey of Pre-islamic legend and tradition.
33. Geschichte der Perser und Araber zur Zeit der Sasaniden, translated from the Annals of Ṭabarí, by Th. Nöldeke (Leyden, 1879). The ample commentary accompanying the translation is valuable and important in the highest degree.
34. Fünf Mo’allaqát übersetzt und erklärt, by Th. Nöldeke (Vienna, 1899-1901). The omitted Mu’allaqas are those of Imru’u ’l-Qays and Tarafa.
35. The Seven Golden Odes of Pagan Arabia, translated from the original Arabic by Lady Anne Blunt and done into English verse by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (London, 1903).
36. Hamâsa oder die ältesten arabischen Volkslieder übersetzt und erläutert, by Friedrich Rückert, 2 vols. (Stuttgart, 1846). Masterly verse-translations of the old Arabian poetry.
37. Translations of ancient Arabian poetry, chiefly Pre-islamic, with an introduction and notes, by C. J. Lyall (London, 1885).
38. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Poesie der alten Araber, by Th. Nöldeke (Hannover, 1864).
39. Studien in arabischen Dichtern, Heft iii, Altarabisches Beduinenleben nach den Quellen geschildert, by G. Jacob (Berlin, 1897).
40. Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia, by W. Robertson Smith (2nd ed., London, 1903).
41. Lectures on the Religion of the Semites, First Series, by W. Robertson Smith, 3rd ed., revised by S. A. Cook (London, 1927).
42. Reste Arabischen Heidentums, by J. Wellhausen (2nd ed., Berlin, 1897).