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The first civil war / translated and annotated by G.R. Hawting.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS38.2 .T313 1985 VOL .17
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ṭabarī, 838?-923.
- Series:
- Ṭabarī, 838?-923. English ; Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. v. 17.
- SUNY series in Near Eastern studies
- The history of al-Ṭabarī = Taʾrīkh al-rusul waʾl mulūk ; v. 17
- Bibliotheca Persica
- Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)
- Standardized Title:
- Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. Selections. English
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Siffin, Battle of, Syria, 657.
- Islamic Empire--History--622-661.
- Islamic Empire.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 250 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- Many of the events treated in this volume have become part of the historical consciousness of Muslims. The first civil war of Islam, the Fitnah, is widely seen as of decisive importance in dividing the Muslims into three major traditions, Sunnis, Shi'is, and Kharijis, which have persisted until today.
- Notes:
- Translation of extracts from: Taʾrīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 079142393X
- 0791423948
- OCLC:
- 33863990
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