The development of digital humanities has opened new perspectives in the history of Islam: whether dealing with thin or sometimes vast source corpora (such as S\=ira, al-Tbar\=i, al-Dahab\=i, etc.), these tools allow us to approach texts much more effectively from a statistical perspective, in order to support more general hypotheses and move beyond case studies. Drawing on the work of a number of researchers as well as our own, we propose to study the potentialities and limitations posed by computer methods for the history of medieval Islam, keeping in mind that the conclusions may prove useful to researchers of other periods. We will particularly emphasize two tools: the construction and use of relational databases, and more recently, the tagging of sources, with the stated goal of addressing some of the problems posed by the previous method.

翻译：数字人文的发展为伊斯兰史研究开辟了新视野：无论是处理零散或庞大的文献资料库（如《西拉》、《塔巴里史》、《达哈比史》等），这些工具使我们能够从统计学视角更高效地处理文本，从而支持更宏观的假设论证，突破个案研究的局限。基于多位研究者及我们自身的研究成果，本文拟探讨计算机方法在中世纪伊斯兰史研究中的潜力与局限，同时谨记相关结论或可为其他历史时期的研究者提供借鉴。我们将重点探讨两种工具：关系型数据库的构建与应用，以及近年兴起的文献标注技术，其明确目标在于解决前一种方法所引发的若干问题。