"Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His renowned 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. The Arabic Writing Tradition offers English translations of volumes 1-9, and includes information about renowned figures (writers, poets, philosophers, physicians, scientists, linguists etc.) from the Islamic world in the following subjects: Quranic studies, law, mysticism (vol. 1) poetry in Arabic until the eleventh century CE (vol. 2) the history of Islamic medicine (vol. 3) chemistry (vol. 4) mathematics (vol. 5) astronomy (vol. 6) astrology (vol. 7) lexicography (vol. 8) grammar (vol. 9)"--