| Adab |
Litterature, belles-lettres, riddles, wisdom words |
| Belief |
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| Devotional |
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| Documentary |
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| Ethics |
aḫlāq, ādāb, morals, customs |
| Faḍā'il |
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| Fawā'id / Masā'il |
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| Folk literature |
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| Genealogy |
Only on specific genealogical texts |
| Geography |
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| Ḥadīṯ |
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| Hagiography |
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| History |
Political history, biography, history of schools/groups. Items that can be used to reconstruct history. |
| Jurisprudence |
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| Linguistics |
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| Magic |
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| Medicine |
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| Mysticism |
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| Natural Sciences |
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| Other |
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| Philosophy |
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| Preaching |
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| Qur'ān |
Koran |
| Theology |
Doctrine |