In the 1950s and 1960s, Dunlop was Professor of History at
Columbia University in New York. He is best known for his influential histories of
Arab civilization and the
KhazarKhaganate. Dunlop was the "most esteemed scholar of the Khazar monarchy." He had command of the many languages needed to study the Khazars, information about whom is found in Arabic, Byzantine, Hebrew and Chinese literature.[2]
Representative publications
As author
"The Arabic Tradition of the
Summa Alexandrinorum", in Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du moyen âge, 1982
"The
Dhunnunids of
Toledo", in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1942.
As translator
Abu Mashar al-Balkhi, Jafar Ibn Muhammad. (1971) The Mudhâkarât fî'Ilm an-Nujûm (Dialogues on Astrology) Attributed to Abû Ma'shar al Balkhî (Albumasar) (Book Chapter in Iran and Islam: in memory of the late
Vladimir Minorsky )
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1961) Fusul al-Madani: Aphorisms of the Statesman Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1959) "Al-Farabi's Paraphrase of the Categories of Aristotle [Part 2]". The Islamic quarterly pp. 21–54
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1957) "Al-Farabi's Paraphrase of the Categories of Aristotle [Part 1]" The Islamic quarterly pp. 168–197
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1956) "Al-Farabi's Introductory Risalah on Logic" The Islamic quarterly pp. 224–235
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1956) "Al-Farabi's Eisagoge" The Islamic quarterly pp. 117–138
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1955) "Al-Farabi's Introductory Sections on Logic" The Islamic quarterly pp. 264–282
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1952) "Al-Farabi's Aphorisms of the Statesman" (Journal Article in Iraq (London) ) pp. 93–117
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh. (1951) "The Existence and Definition of Philosophy / From an Arabic text ascribed to al-Farabi" (Journal Article in Iraq (London) pp. 76–93)
References
^"Funeral: Canon B. K. Cunningham". The Times. No. 49957. 14 September 1944. p. 7.
^Anita Shapira, "The Jewish-people deniers," Journal of Israeli History, Volume 28, Issue 1 March 2009 , pp. 63–72