Werner Caskel

Werner Caskel (March 5, 1896, Danzig – January 28, 1970, Köln [1]) was a German historian of Muslim people. Caskel's specialties were Islamic history and tribal genealogy.

He taught as professor at the University of Berlin (since 1946), University of Cologne (since 1948).

Literary works

• Arabic inscriptions, 1936
• Die Beduinen (with Max von Oppenheim), 2 vols., 1939-1944
• Kalbī, Hišām Ibn-Muḥammad al-: Ǧamharat an-nasab, 2 vols., 1966

External links

• http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/orient/htm/library/oppenheim.htm (in German)
• https://www.webcitation.org/5kpBHoQJr?url=http://www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/JewishDiscovery.htm