Correspondence beteen Aziz Atiya and Philip Hitti; items about Hitti and the book World of Islam.

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A Sharia tfed* el-!Tilf *'• ^IT* Maadi - Cairo5 Egypt, December 12j 19?2»' As evers< 1 was nappy tc have "both you:? kind letters of Norveotber 2$ and Decc-hbar «*f The privilege was hino in reviewing a book which bears your name. Believe mo, I have nothing but admiration for the whole work, and the only suggestion which I nay put forward is the desirability of a Select ribliographyaisai the new edition. 1 realise that a full Bibliography is impossible> and, this is why I add the ^ord Select. I still apologize for t&e omission of the paragraph on the elasdarlsm of the History of the Arabs and on the subject of literary irr.orality which is rampant in the uast even amongsj soi-cisant university professors, To say tho truth. I m getting noro and nor' exasperated with them every day for this and many other reasons which render life aoong thorn sheer waste of tine and energy. Sometines indeed 1 feel sorry to have refused a number of offers which I hapfc had ffcoro Ai-i rica and 2r;ror<-„ % wife is m /itly reading yoi-r History of the Arabs. She says that^ for ',-' :'.':*:« timS| she eftjoys theit 1.* b ratrore through your nre-scntation. An ambitious idea has beei 3 aaing ir ny Imagination since I read your- ft itdry • f fyria. This is the raiting a er * - 'int: of Igynt- Ian Eastors on tha same liners which you have sc deftly drawn, Bat this will have to z . I , only in the world 1 .. ination until I ffoit these quarters* Ai:-.y work of creation or i spJL it :hi ec ; uwh cf a burden* Nevertheless I ;:oop say: I «• . ft? L 1 • h&r% drifted from the original aln ox thic- epistle, i a- ., • --;'_' -• '-' ]4'® cover- 3 h feed material two or three minor bro< rares, Plea .7 bfcei .0 y ' . ts, I understand a*. •oxtffin h. the .. o hie n*icrcfijjjis of 1 &• Sinai is destined ... at the collection Prlnc % :..ho 3 e£ty Press* z - - ..r_....... ... . , - .>. -•rill ultimately appear in the Corpus Heriptor. 07 Crientallura at nonvain and I hope to got it out of my hands before tha end of T9?3, It is interesting to Imow that yon got hold of Steven Runciman. I reviewed his first volume of the Crusades in the last number of the Speculum, Be is distinctly at his best as a Byaautinlst. I'y wife joins ne in sending you and Hra ' htti our cordial greetings and best wishes for a nerry Christnas and a bavpy R«w Year, TOUT* S ve "** v s 1 ? • *"•«- -~ •'» 1V Asia S. Atiya