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The origins of the Islamic state, being a translation from the Arabic accompanied with annotations, geographic and historic notes of the Kitâb futûḥ al-buldân of al-Imâm abu-l ʻAbbâs Aḥmad ibn-Jâbir al-Balâdhuri / by Philip Khûri Hitti.
Penn Museum Library DS234 .B232 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, -892.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic Empire--History.
- Islamic Empire.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 518 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pascataway, N.J. : Gorgias Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- This book is one of the most reliable sources on the beginnings of the Islamic Empire. It begins with the wars of the Prophet Muhammad, followed by accounts of the ridda, the conquests of Syria, Armenia, Egypt, and the Maghrib, and lastly, the occupation of Iraq and Persia.
- Notes:
- "Facsimile reprint of the original edition published in Studies in history, Economics and public law (vol. lxviii, no. 163) by Columbia University, 1916."--verso t.p.
- Includes bibligraphical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1931956634
- OCLC:
- 51215214
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