Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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Islamic civilization to Europe,
was a follower of the East in the scientific and cultural spheres in the first centuries
after its foundation. This is the case in literary studies, too. However, the
Andalusian literature has been enriched as a result of the common culture of
different elements such as religion, language and race that live together on
its lands and from the beginning of the 11th century AC it started to give
original products. After capturing a high intellectual level, Andalusian
literature reached a level that influenced Western literature, especially Spain
and France, with its unique “muwashah” and “zajal” poems. With all these
features, Andalusian poetry attracted the attention of Arabic literature
historians. In this context, Fuat Sezgin's study on Andalusian poetry were
examined as a historian of science and its considerations on the subject in order
to be of importance in this context. The main source of our study is Fuat
Sezgin's masterpiece Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS) which covers
Arabic poetry extensively. In this study, Fuat Sezgin's view of science and
history of science and the importance he gave to Andalusia are discussed and
brief information is given about GAS. In addition, Fuat Sezgin's way of taking
Andalusian Arabic poetry and his evaluations on the subject and the boundaries
he draws on the subject and the different approaches to the subject are
explained.