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Kitaa
Kitaa is the Greenlandic name for West Greenland, literally 'the area facing the sea'. It holds all of Greenland's larger towns and over 90% of the population; the other regions are Tunu and Avannaarsua.
Kitaar my kruis
Kitaar my kruis is a 1961 poetry collection by the South African writer Adam Small, written largely in Kaaps and directed against racial discrimination and apartheid.
Kitab al-Aghani
Kitab al-Aghani (كتاب الأغاني, "The Book of Songs") is an encyclopedic Arabic anthology of songs, poets, and anecdotes compiled by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani in Baghdad.
Kitab al-Amwal
Kitab al-Amwal (كتاب الأموال, "The Book of Revenues") is a treatise on Islamic public finance by the Baghdad jurist Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, written around 835.
Kitab al-Ansab
Kitab al-Ansab (كتاب الأنساب) is a 12th-century biographical dictionary by the Shafi'i jurist al-Sam'ani of Marv, arranged by nisbas rather than lineages and emphasizing hadith scholars.
Kitab al-Asnam
Kitab al-Asnam (كتاب الأصنام, "The Book of Idols") is a ninth-century Arabic work by the Kufan historian Hisham ibn al-Kalbi cataloging the idols and sanctuaries of pre-Islamic Arabia.
Kitab al-Bad' wa-l-Ta'rikh
Kitab al-Bad' wa-l-Ta'rikh (كتاب البدء والتاريخ, "The Book of the Beginning and History") is a universal history in twenty-two chapters, completed in 966 by al-Mutahhar ibn Tahir al-Maqdisi in Bust, Sistan.
Kitab al-Badi'
Kitab al-Badi' (كتاب البديع) is a treatise on Arabic rhetorical figures by the Abbasid poet Ibn al-Mu'tazz, and the first known book devoted to badī', written around 886 CE.
Kitab al-Buldan
Kitab al-Buldan (كتاب البلدان, "The Book of Countries") is a geographical survey of the Abbasid Caliphate by al-Ya'qubi, completed in 891–892 and considered the oldest surviving Arabic book of its kind.
Kitab al-Farq
Kitab al-Farq (كتاب الفرق) is a short Arabic treatise on government attributed to Uthman dan Fodio, the reformer whose jihad founded the Sokoto Caliphate in 1804.
Kitab al-Fihrist
Kitab al-Fihrist (كتاب الفهرست, "The Book of the Catalogue") is a tenth-century annotated catalog of Arabic books, drafted in 987 by the Baghdad bookseller al-Nadim and preserving many lost works.
Kitab al-Hamasah
Kitab al-Hamasah (كتاب الحماسة, "Book of Fortitude") is a celebrated Arabic poetry anthology compiled by the Abbasid poet Abu Tammam, arranging 881 poems in ten thematic chapters.
Kitab al-I'tibar
Kitab al-I'tibar (كتاب الاعتبار), "The Book of Contemplation", is a late 12th-century Arabic work by Usama ibn Munqidh, dedicated to Saladin and drawing on his life as warrior and courtier.
Kitab al-Ibar
Kitab al-Ibar (كتاب العبر) is the universal history of the Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, written from 1381 onward and best known for its first book, the Muqaddima.
Kitab al-Iqtisab fi Ilal al-Ahkam
Kitab al-Iqtisab fi Ilal al-Ahkam is an 11th-century collection of Andalusi legal cases and fatwas by the qadi Isa ibn Sahl, a benchmark of Maliki jurisprudence in al-Andalus.
Kitab al-Isharat ila Marifat al-Ziyarat
Kitab al-Isharat ila Marifat al-Ziyarat (الإشارات إلى معرفة الزيارات) is a guide to the holy places of the Islamic world by Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Harawi.
Kitab al-Kafi
Kitab al-Kafi (كتاب الكافي), also known as Al-Kafi, is the oldest of the four canonical hadith collections of Twelver Shi'a Islam, compiled by Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni.
Kitab al-Kashf
Kitab al-Kashf (كتاب الكشف, "The Book of Unveiling") is one of the earliest surviving Ismaili doctrinal texts, a compilation of six treatises attributed to Ja'far b. Mansur al-Yaman.
Kitab al-Kharaj
Kitab al-Kharaj (كتاب الخراج, Book of the Land Tax) is a treatise on taxation and Islamic law by the Hanafi jurist Abu Yusuf, written for Caliph Harun al-Rashid around 798.
Kitab al-Majalis wa'l-Musayarat
Kitab al-Majalis wa'l-Musayarat (كتاب المجالس والمسايرات) is a first-person record by Fatimid chief judge al-Qadi al-Nu'man of the teaching sessions and processions of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah.
Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik of al-Istakhri
Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik (کتاب المسالک والممالک), the Book of Routes and Realms, is a 10th-century geography of the Islamic world by al-Istakhri, arranged as twenty mapped regions.
Kitab al-Rawdatayn
Kitab al-Rawdatayn (كتاب الروضتين) is a chronicle by Abu Shama of Damascus covering the reigns of Nur al-Din and Saladin and the Crusader wars of their time.
Kitab al-Shi'r wa-l-Shu'ara'
Kitab al-Shi'r wa-l-Shu'ara' (كتاب الشعر والشعراء) is a 9th-century Arabic work by Ibn Qutaybah pairing a critical study of poetry with brief biographies of major poets.
Kitab al-Suluk li-ma'rifat duwal al-muluk
Kitab al-Suluk li-ma'rifat duwal al-muluk (كتاب السلوك لمعرفة دول الملوك) is a chronicle of Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt by the historian al-Maqrizi, covering 1172 to 1441.
Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf
Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf (كتاب التنبيه والاشراف) is an Arabic work by al-Mas'udi, completed in Egypt shortly before his death in 957, summarizing and updating his earlier writings.
Kitab al-Wulat wa-l-Qudat
Kitab al-Wulat wa-l-Qudat (كتاب الولاة والقضاة, "The Book of Governors and the Book of Judges") is a two-part historical work by the Egyptian historian al-Kindi (897–961) recording Egypt's governors and judges.
Kitab Melayu
Kitab Melayu, also called Kitab Jawi, is a religious or scholarly book written in Malay, mostly in the Jawi script, from about the 12th century onward.
Kitab-i Ahmad
Kitab-i Ahmad, or Ketab-i Ahmad (کتاب احمد), is a Persian educational work by Mirza ʿAbd-al-Raḥim Ṭālebof, framed as dialogues between the author and his son Aḥmad.
Kitab-i Nauras
The Kitab-i Nauras (کتاب نورس, Book of Nine Rasas) is a collection of 59 Dakhni Urdu songs composed by Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur around 1600.
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (الكتاب الأقدس)
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas (الكتاب الأقدس), also called the Most Holy Book, is the book of laws of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, written in Arabic around 1873.