International Encycloapedia ofWorlds Famous Muslims, perhapsfor the first time, in a publishedform, brings together such a comprehensivegalaxy of illustrious Muslimswho have contributed greatly to thedevelopment of scholarship across adiverse field of subjects ranging fromArts and Humanities, Philosophy andReligion, Sciences Applied and Pure,Literature and Linguistics, Jurisprudenceand Economy, Poetry and Prose,Medicine and Surgery, Astronomy andGeo-Sciences, Engineering, Politics, andso on. The entries, numbering about athousand, are written by some of theforemost scholars on Islam, and provideimmense amount of bibliographicalmaterial, which in itself is so scarce.It is hoped that the Encyclopaediawill fill a great need felt by the scholars,readers, researchers, and students fora long time.