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he author‟s main purpose is to compile a bibliography of Islamic Economics literature, both books and articles, published up to 1975 in three languages: English, Arabic and Urdu. The book contains references to 700 works of over 400 authors on the subject. It is a prudent resource book for Islamic and Economics scholars and students who are engaged in active research in the field. The author has accomplished this enormous task because his own work experience of being a Professor of Islamic Studies and Reader in Economics at Aligarh Muslim University, India makes a perfect fit between the subject and his area of expertise. The bibliography covers five main areas of Islamic Economics literature. The first chapter provides references on the philosophy of Islamic Economics. The section on Economic System of Islam provides literature references on the foundational principles of Islamic Economics whereas the third section covers critique on the contemporary economic theories of capitalism and Marxian-based Socialism. The main works on the instruments of Islamic economics and history of economic thought development are compiled in the next two chapters. This work has five outstanding features. First of all it is one of a kind. Its enormity and importance increases manifolds when the context in which it was compiled is considered. One can well imagine how precious, useful and handy the collection would have been for researchers in those times without computer search engines and e-libraries. Secondly, the referencing scheme of the author is amazingly consistent and accurate. All entries are arranged alphabetically according to authors‟ surname. All book references mention the total number of pages and give an instant idea to the reader about how voluminous the work is. Thirdly, the bibliographic entries cover English (37%), Arabic (41%) and Urdu (22%) works. The tri-lingual resources of the book on this specific subject enhance its effectiveness for the range of scholars using it. Fourthly, the book is high on clarity and user-friendliness not only because of the consistency of referencing methodology but also because of the Transliteration Scheme which greatly facilitates the recognition of English, Arabic and Urdu alphabets. Last but not the least, both topics and authors are easily locatable because the book presents them separately in the opening list of contents and the closing index, respectively. The system of interlocking the page numbers with entry numbers increases the ease with which topics and authors can be tracked and accessed.

Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi. (2014) Contemporary Literature on Islamic Economics: A Select Classified Bibliography of Works in English, Arabic and Urdu up to 1975, Islamic Banking and Finance Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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