Document Type : Scientific Research
Author
Graduated from the University of Science and Research with a PhD in Persian Language and Literature
Abstract
Encyclopedias generally contain a wide range of human sciences and knowledge, and are structured and categorized either by subject or alphabetically similar to dictionaries. The structure of the most well-known encyclopedic articles is of the second type. In this article, the author gives an overview of the encyclopedia compiling in Arabic and its historical background, by introducing the most important Arabic encyclopedias and examines the characteristics, writing style, and strengths and weaknesses of each these encyclopedias. In this research, the encyclopedias of Butrus al-Bustani, the Encyclopedia of the Twentieth Century, the Encyclopedia of Islam, the Encyclopedia of the Shiite Islam, Al-A'laam, and the Shiite nobilities have been studied.
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