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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, c1994.
Description:xx, 190 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in Near Eastern studies
The history of al-Ṭabarī = Taʼrīkh al-rusul waʼl mulūk ; v. 14
Bibliotheca Persica
Ṭabarī, 838?-923. Taʼrīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. English v. 14.
Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1604015
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ISBN:0791412938 (alk. paper)
0791412946 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Translation of extracts from: Taʼrīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-172) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Translator's Foreword
  • Map 1. The Area of the Conquests of Iran, 21-23/641-44
  • The Events of the Year 21 (cont'd) (641-642)
  • What Happened in This Year, 21-`Umar's Previously Mentioned Orders to the Two Armies
  • Isfahan
  • The Account of [the Attack on Isfahan]
  • The Events of the Year 22 (64-643)
  • The Conquest of al-Rayy
  • The Conquest of Qumis
  • The Conquest of Jurjan
  • The Conquest of Tabaristan
  • The Conquest of Azerbaijan
  • The Conquest of al-Bab
  • Information on [`Umar's Division of the Conquered Lands
  • The Reason for [the Dismissal of `Ammar]
  • Yazdajird's Journey to Khurasan and the Reason for It
  • The Events of the Year 23 (643-644)
  • The Conquest of Tawwaj
  • The Conquest of Istakhr
  • The Conquest of Fasa and Darabjird
  • The Conquest of Kirman
  • The Conquest of Sijistan
  • The Conquest of Makran
  • Bayrudh in al-Ahwaz
  • Salamah b. Qays al-Ashja'i and the Kurds
  • `Umar's Assassination
  • The Sources of [the Conflicting Report of `Umar's Death]
  • `Umar's Genealogy
  • The Sources of [the Report that Muhammad First Called `Umar al-Faruq]
  • The Sources of [the Report that the People of the Book Did That]
  • A Description of `Umar
  • His Birth and Age
  • Some of the Sources of [the Report that He Was Fifty-Five Years Old]
  • The Sources of [the Report that He Was Fifty-Three Years Old]
  • The Sources of [the Report that He Was Sixty-Three Years Old]
  • The Sources of [the Report that He Was Sixty-One Years Old]
  • The Sources of [the Report that He Was Sixty Years Old]
  • The Names of His Children and Wives
  • When He Became a Muslim
  • The Sources of This Report
  • Some of His Memorable Deeds
  • Relevant Information on [`Umar's Night Visits]
  • `Umar's Being Called Commander of the Faithful
  • Information on This Matter
  • His Institution of the [Islamic] Dating System
  • [`Umar's] Carrying a Whip and His Instituting the State Registers
  • Some Excerpts from His Addresses
  • Another Address
  • Another Address
  • Another Address
  • Those Who Have Lamented and Elegized `Umar-Some of the Elegies Written about Him
  • Some of `Umar's Meritorious Deeds Not Previously Recorded
  • The Account of the Electoral Council
  • `Umar's Governors in the Garrison Towns
  • Bibliography
  • Index