The battle of al-Qādisiyyah and the conquest of Syria and Palestine /

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Author / Creator:Ṭabarī, 838?-923
Uniform title:Taʼrīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. English. Selections
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, c1992.
Description:xxii, 237 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Arabic
Series:SUNY series in Near Eastern studies
The history of al-Ṭabarī = Taʼrīkh al-rusul waʼl-mulūk ; v. 12
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Ṭabarī, 838?-923. Taʼrīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. English v. 12.
Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1301237
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Other authors / contributors:Friedmann, Yohanan.
ISBN:0791407349 (acid-free)
0791407330 (pb : acid-free)
Notes:Translation of extracts from: Taʼrīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Translator's Foreword
  • The Caliphate of `Umar b. al-Khattab (cont'd)
  • The Events of the Year 14 (635/636)
  • The Day of Armath
  • The Day of Aghwath
  • The Day of `Imas
  • The Night of al-Qadisiyyah
  • The Account of Ibn Ishaq
  • An Account of the People of the Lowlands (ahl al-sawad)
  • The Building of al-Basrah
  • The Events of the Year 15 (636/637)
  • The Battle of Marj al-Rum
  • The Conquest of Hims
  • The Story of Qinnasrin
  • The Departure of Heraclius for Constantinople
  • The Conquest of Caesarea and the Siege of Gaza
  • The Conquest of Baysan and the Battle of Ajnadayn
  • The Conquest of Jerusalem
  • The Introduction of the Pay System (`ata') and of the Military Register (diwan)
  • Bibliography of Cited Works
  • Index