DOWNLOADS

The files on this page are provided for those who want to do background reading behind "Qur'anic Geography." Since the book covers a span of history from very ancient times until the early years of Islam, the breadth of books required is very large. The books provided here are in the public domain. Many other copyrighted books and journals were used in our study, which must be obtained from your library or online book-seller.

• Ancient Chinese Knowledge of Arabs and Arabian Colonies - E Bretshneider (1.4 mb)
• The Ancient Coinage of Southern Arabia G. F. Hill (4.2 MB)
• Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian and Persian Costumes - M. G. Houston, F. S. Hornblower (9.2 mb)
• Ancient Empires of the East, Sayce (31.5 mb)
• Ancient History in Persia, Vaux (11.2 mb)
• Arab Conquests in Central Asia Vol 2- Gibb (3.9 mb)
• Arabia: the cradle of Islam - Zwemer (21.6 mb)
• Arabian Medicine - Edward Granville Browne (8.9 mb)
• Arabian Poetry for English Readers, Clouston (11.5 mb)
• Arabian Wisdom - John Wortabet (9.8 mb)
• Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions - Sayce (10.4 mb)
• Babyloniaca - Virolleaud & Sayce - (2.6 mb)
• Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates Vol 1 - Anne Blunt (53.3 mb)
• Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates Vol 2 - Anne Blunt (15 mb)
• BaytShan Earthquake Heiser (.1 mb)
• Benefit of Biblical Geography - Stiles - (2.3 mb)
• China and the Roman Orient - Hirth - (9 mb)
• Chinese and Arabian Literature - E. Wilson (20.3 mb)
• Christianity in Saudi Arabia (7.4 mb)
• Commerce and Nagivation Eruthrean Sea - McCrindle (6.2 mb)
• Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament - Schrader Vol 1 - (18.4 mb)
• Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament - Schrader Vol 2 - (18.4 mb)
• Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 6 - Gibbon (20.7 mb)
• Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - Sulivan ( 23.8 mb)
• Early Christianity in Arabia Thomas Wright (11.4 mb)
• Eutychius Alexandrini - Altar - 24.9 (mb)
• Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht (58.2 mb)
• Guide to the Haj, Mahmud & Habib (.5 mb)
• Hadha Diwan Mukhtarat Shur'ara al'Arab, by Ibn Al Shajari (9.3 mb)
• History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires, Vol 1 Finlay (13.3 mb)
• History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires, Vol 2 Finlay (20.5 mb)
• History of the Conquest of Egypt, N. Africa and Spain, Al Hakam - Torrey (27.6 mb)
• History of the Conquest of Spain, Vol 1 - Coppee (14 mb)
• History of the Conquest of Spain, Vol 2 - Coppee
• History of the Martyrs of Palestine Eusebius (.3 mb)
• Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land - J. L. Stephens (18.2 mb)
• India as Known to the Ancient World - Banerjee (9.3 mb)
• Kitab Maqtal al-Husayn - Mavani (.3 mb)
• Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia, Robertson Smith (15.3 mb)
• Knowledge of the Ancient Chinese and Arabs, Bretschneider (1.4 mb)
• Lectures on Poetry, Mackail (29.1 mb)
• Livy 1 & 2 - Foster (25.2 mb)
• Livy 3 & 4 - Foster (24.5 mb)
• Mahommed: "The Great Arabian" - Meredith Townsend (3.1 mb)
• Maqtal al Husain - Jibouri (2 mb)
• Masters of the Desert, Negev - Moris (30.6 mb)
• Moorish Remains in Spain - Albert F. Calvert (55.7 mb)
• My Quest of the Arabian Horse, Davenport (16.2 mb)
• Notes on the Bedouin and Wahabys - Burckhardt (5.3 mb)
• Oriental Geography, Hajukal (11.7 mb)
• Periplus of Hannon (4.1 mb)
• Periplus_of_the_Erythrean_Sea Vol 1 - Vincent (16 mb)
• Periplus_of_the_Erythrean_Sea Vol 2 - Vincent (23.5 mb)
• Personal narrative of a year's journey through central and eastern Arabia - W. G. Palgrave (21.3 mb)
• Pilgrimage to Hijaz - Begam (9 mb)
• Polybius - Hampton Vol 1 (19.9 mb)
• Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun, Macdonald (4.2 mb)
• Qiblitain Mosque (2.7 mb)
• Sallust - Murphy (33 mb)
• Selections from Arabic Geographical Literature, Goeje (7.9 mb)
• Sinai, the Hedjaz and Sudan - Hamilton (6.3 mb)
• Sino-Iranica - Laufer (18 MB)
• Sirat Ibn Hisham - Harun (12.8 mb)
• Six Months in the Hejaz - Keane (3.8 mb)
• Source-Book of Ancient History - Botsford (25.3 mb)
• Strabo Geography Vol 1 (53 mb)
• Strabo Geography Vol 2 (37.7 mb)
• Studies in a Mosque - Stanley Lane-Poole (15 mb)
• Tacitus - Collins (4 mb)
• Tents and Towers of Arabia - Schaffer (13.3 mb)
• The Ancient History of China - Hirth - (16.1 mb)
• The Arab Horse, Spencer Borden (6.5 mb)
• The Arabia Prophet from Chinese Sources - Isaac Mason (16.6 mb)
• The Advice of Imam Wahab ibn Munahih (.7 mb)
• The Byzantine Empire, Oman (27.4 mb)
• The Chaliphate - Muir (37.5)
• The Eastern or Old World Vol 1 - Brownell (62 mb)
• The Eastern or Old World Vol 1 - Brownell (62.3 mb)
• The Gold-Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities, Burton (10.8 mb)
• The History of Arabia, Crichton Vol 1 (14.6 mb)
• The History of Arabia, Crichton Vol2 (20.3 mb)
• The History of Arabic Literature - Huart (28.7 mb)
• The Oriental Geography of Ibn Haukal - William Ouseley (31 mb)
• The Revolt in Arabia - C. Snouck Hurgronje (5 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 1 (55.5 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 2 (61.3 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 3 (30.8 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 4 (34.6 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 5 (45.7 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 6 (30.9 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 7 (47.9 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 8 (39 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 9 (37 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 10 (31.3 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 11 (55.5 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 12 (30.6 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 13 (26.7 mb)
• The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East - Horne -Vol 14 (39.6 mb)
• The Seven Poems, Suspended in the temple at Mecca, Johnson (14 mb)
• The Shu King, (China) - Old - (18.3 mb)
• The Singing Caravan, Henry Baerlein (7.7 mb)
• The Works of Flavius Josephus (20.6 mb)
• Through Turkish Arabia - H. Swainson Cowper - (25.3 mb)
• Travels in Arabia - Bayard Taylor (19.7 mb)
• Travels in Arabia - Burckhardt Vol 1- (8.1 mb)
• Travels in Arabia - Burckhardt Vol 2- (8.1 mb)
• Travels in Arabia Deserta - Doughty Vol 2 (81.8 mb)
• Ventures Among the Arabs - Archibald Forder (36.8 mb)
• Wanderings in Arabia - Vol 1 - Daughty (45.6 mb)
• Wanderings in Arabia - Vol 2 - Daughty (45.6 mb)
• Xenophon's Works -Ashley, Cooper etc (64.3 mb)