Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume XI (V-Z): Encyclopaedia of Islam, cartea 11

"The Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is a unique and invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live.
It embraces articles on distinguished Muslims of every age and land, on tribes and dynasties, on the crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the various countries and on the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. In its geographical and historical scope it encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all other Islamic countries.
Volume XI, covering letters V-Z, marks the end of the alphabetical entries of the Encyclopaedia of Islam. However, two more volumes are currently being planned. A supplement volume will be published in 2003 and an index volume, integrating all indices and covering the entirety of the alphabetical entries, will be published in 2004.