'Douglas Morton Dunlop' (1909 - 1987) was a renowned
orientalist and scholar of
Islamic and
Eurasian history.
Dunlop studied at Bonn and Oxford under the historian
Paul Eric Kahle (1875-1965). His work was influenced by such scholars as
Zeki Validi Togan,
Mikhail Artamonov, and
George Vernadsky. In the 1950's and '60's Dunlop was Professor of History at
Columbia University.
He is best known for his influential histories of
Arab civilization and the
Khazar Khaganate.
Representative publications
As author
★ "The Arabic Tradition of the
Summa Alexandrinorum". ''Journal Article in Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du moyen âge'', 1982
★ ''
Arab civilization to A.D. 1500'' London: Longman, 1971.
★ Arab civilization to A.D. 1500 New York: Praeger, 1971.
★ ''The History of the
Jewish Khazars.'' New York: Schocken Books, 1967.
★ "The Khazars." ''The
Dark Ages: Jews in Christian Europe, 711-1096''. 1966.
★ "The Translations of
al-Bitrîq and Yahyâ (Yuhannâ) b. al-Bitrîq" (Journal Article in ''Journal of the
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland'', 1959)
★ Dunlop, Douglas M.. (1957) "Sources of Gold and Silver in
Islam according to
al-Hamdani (C10th)" (Journal Article in ''Studia islamica'' )
★ Philosophical Predecessors and Contemporaries of
Ibn Bâjjah (Journal Article in The ''Islamic quarterly'', 1955)
★ "Aspects of the Khazar Problem" (Journal Article in ''Transactions of the Glasgow University Oriental Society'', 1951).
★ "Ibn Bajjah's 'Tadbîru l-Mutawahhid'" (Journal Article in ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland'', 1945).
★ "The Karaits of East Asia." (Journal Article in ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'', 1944).
★ "
Muhammad ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi" (Journal Article in ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland'', 1943).
★ "The
Dhunnunids of
Toledo". (Journal Article in ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland'', 1942).
As translator
★ Abu Mashar al-Balkhi, Jafar Ibn Muhammad. (1971) ''The Mudhâkarât fî'Ilm an-Nujûm'' (Dialogues on Astrology) Attributed to Abû Ma'shar al Balkhî (Albumasar) (Book Chapter in Iran and Islam: in memory of the late
Vladimir Minorsky )
★ al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1961) ''Fusul al-Madani: Aphorisms of the Statesman '' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
★ al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1959) "Al-Farabi's Paraphrase of the Categories of Aristotle [Part 2]". ''The Islamic quarterly'' pp. 21-54
★ al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1957) "Al-Farabi's Paraphrase of the Categories of Aristotle [Part 1]" ''The Islamic quarterly'' pp. 168-197
★ al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1956) "Al-Farabi's Introductory Risalah on Logic" ''The Islamic quarterly'' pp. 234-235
★ al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1956) "Al-Farabi's Eisagoge" ''The Islamic quarterly'' pp. 117-138
★ al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1955) "Al-Farabi's Introductory Sections on Logic" ''The Islamic quarterly'' pp. 264-282
★ al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1952) "Al-Farabi's Aphorisms of the Statesman" (Journal Article in ''Iraq'' (London) ) pp.93-117
★ al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1951) "The Existence and Definition of Philosophy / From an Arabic text ascribed to al-Farabi" (Journal Article in ''Iraq'' (London) pp. 76-93)