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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 Khagan ate.


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 Jew ish 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 2 ". ''The Islamic quarterly''

  • al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1957) "Al-Farabi's Paraphrase of the Categories of Aristotle 1 " ''The Islamic quarterly''

  • al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1956) "Al-Farabi's Introductory Risalah on Logic" (Journal Article in The ''Islamic quarterly'' )

  • al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1956) "Al-Farabi's Eisagoge" (Journal Article in The Islamic quarterly )

  • al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1955) "Al-Farabi's Introductory Sections on Logic" (Journal Article in The Islamic quarterly )

  • al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1952) "Al-Farabi's Aphorisms of the Statesman" (Journal Article in ''Iraq'' (London)).

  • 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) ) .