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Only add classic books! Nothing modern.
This is intended to include for instance Averroes and Al-Ghazali, e.g. Jews like Maimonides are also ok. Some religious diversity was a part of the Islamic world.

This should be a list of medieval books from the muslim-ruled lands in the Mediterranean, Persia and Central Asia.

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1	The Gift of Rumi by Emily Jane O'Dell 4.22 avg rating — 148 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	كتاب الموسيقى الكبير by Al-Farabi 4.02 avg rating — 161 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Al-Ghazali's "Moderation in Belief": Al-Iqti?ad Fi Al-I ' Tiqad by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 4.25 avg rating — 195 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History by Ibn Khaldun 4.31 avg rating — 5,088 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Masnavi: Book One by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 4.41 avg rating — 1,437 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Complete Poems of Al-Mutanabbi: Volume I by James F. Warren (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Abu Zayd al-Balkhi’s Sustenance of the Soul: the Cognitive Behavior Therapy of a Ninth Century Physician by Malik B. Badri 4.38 avg rating — 165 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Averroes on Plato's "Republic" by Ibn Rushd 4.11 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 4.54 avg rating — 5,618 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Masnavi, Book Two by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 4.48 avg rating — 300 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Complete Poems of Al-Mutanabbi by James F. Warren (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Niche of Lights (Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series) by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 4.35 avg rating — 434 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 1 by D.S. Richards really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Conference of the Birds by Attar of Nishapur 4.21 avg rating — 6,560 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Complete Poems of Al-Mutanabbi: Volume II by James F. Warren (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Jewels of the Qur'an: Al-Ghazali's Theory: A translation, with an introduction and annotation of al-Ghazali's Kitab Jawahir al-Qur'an by Muhammad Abul Quasem (Translator) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Travels of Ibn Batuta by Ibn Battuta 3.89 avg rating — 2,919 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Complete Poems of Al-Mutanabbi: Volume III by James F. Warren (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Mercy in the Difference of the Four Sunni Schools of Islamic Law by Al-Qadi As-Safadi 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Ibn Ashur: Treatise on Maqasid Al-Shariah by Muhammad al-Tahir ibn 'Ashur 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Athar Al-Hadith Al-Sharif fi Ikhtilaf al-A'immat al-Fuqaha: The Influence Of The Noble Hadith Upon The Differences Of Opinion Amongst The Jurist Imams by Shaykh Muhammad Awwamah 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Bayquniyyah Poem: An Introduction to the Science of Hadith by Imam Bayquni 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Qaddumi's Elementary Hanbali Primer: 100 Issues of Instruction according to the Hanbali school by Musa Ibn Isa al-Qaddumi 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	An Epitome of Hanbali Substantive Law by Yusuf bin 'Abd al-Hadi al-Hanbali 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik - Arabic English by Malik Ibn Anas 4.57 avg rating — 536 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Kitab al-Athar of Imam Abu Hanifah by محمد بن الحسن الشيباني 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	An Introduction to the Hanbali Madhhab by 'Abd al-Qadir Ibn Badran al-Dimashqi 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Love Is My Savior: The Arabic Poems of Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 3.76 avg rating — 154 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Ibn 'Abbād of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path by John Renard SJ 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Ibn Ḥazm on the lawfulness of women attending prayers in the mosque by Mohammad Akram Nadwi (Translation & Notes) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars