Descriptive-Analytical Bibliography of Hazrat Abu Talib in European Languages

This study intends to provide an overview of the orientalists' research on the personality of Abu Talib in European languages. On the one hand, the importance of the field of bibliography of Islamic studies in the West, and on the other hand lack of a relatively comprehensive bibliography of Western works on Abu Talib reveals the necessity of this research. Based on the library method of data collection, this research has used the lists, bibliographies, databases, and the libraries in the field of Islamic studies in European languages to gather and describe data. The works presented in this bibliography are divided into three categories: a) Works that offer only a biography of Hazrat Abu Talib; b) Works that, while acquainting the audience with him and presenting a biography, also point to the reasons for his believing or not believing in God; c) Works that critically and analytically examine the mentioned reasons; and d) Some of the most important translations of Abu Talib's poems. Therefore, the bibliography of this article is presented in the three categories mentioned. Finally, as a summary, the historical analysis of the researches on Hazrat Abu Talib which were done in European languages as well as the orientalists' conception of him is presented.