The foundation of the community / translated and annotated by W. Montgomery Watt and M.V. McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ṭabarī, 838?-923.

Contributor:

Watt, W. Montgomery (William Montgomery)

McDonald, M. V. (Michael V.)

Series:

Ṭabarī, 838?-923. English ; Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. v. 7.

History of al-Ṭabarī = Taʼrīkh al-rusul wa'l-mulūk ; v. 7

SUNY series in Near Eastern studies

Bibliotheca Persica

Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)

طبري, 838?-923. تاريخ الرسل والملوك. English ; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83731210 v. 7.

Standardized Title:

Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. Selections. English

تاريخ الرسل والملوك. Selections. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic Empire--History--622-661.

Islamic Empire.

History.

Medina (Saudi Arabia)--History.

Medina (Saudi Arabia).

Saudi Arabia--Medina.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 182 pages ; 24 cm.

Contained In:

History of al-Ṭabarī 7

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1987]

Contents:

The events of the year 1 (622-623). The first Friday prayer ; The sermon of the messenger of God at the first Friday prayer ; The choice of a site for mosque and house ; Deaths and minor events ; The marriage with ʻĀʹishah ; Further reports concerning this ; Muslim women brought to Medina ; Prayers of travellers ; Births ; Expedition led by Ḥamzah ; Expedition led by ʻUbayadah ; Expedition led by Saʻd b. Abi Waqqāṣ ; Expedition led by Muḥammad to al-Abwāʹ ; Further details about expeditions ; Expeditions led by Muḥammad ; Affair of Abū Qays

The events of the year 2 (623-624). Expeditions led by the messenger of God ; ʻAlī and the name Abū Turāb ; A variant account ; ʻAlī marries Fāṭimah ; Expedition to Nakhlah ; Questions after the return to Medina ; Expedition of Nakhlah

another account ; Further details about the expedition of Nakhlah

Other events of the second year of the Hijrah. The change of Qiblah ; Arrangements about fasting ; The Battle of Badr

the date ; The account of the Greater Battle of Badr in the letter of ʻUrwah ; Another account ; Account of Badr by Ibn Isḥāq ; The dream of ʻĀtikah, and the relief force ; The number of Muslims at Badr ; The advance of the Muslims to Badr ; Abū Sufyān takes evasive action ; The advance of Quraysh ; Preparations and discussions of Quraysh ; The fighting begins ; Abū Jahl and other Meccan dead ; The division of the booty ; The return of the Muslims to Medina ; News of defeat reaches Mecca ; The treatment of the captives ; The release of Zaynab's husband ; Zaynab's journey to Medina ; The conversion of Abū al-ʻAs ; The conversion of ʻUmayr b. Wahb ; Discussions about the lawfulness of taking captives ; The campaign against the Banū Qaynuqāʻ ; Celebration of the first ʻĪd al-Aḍḥā ; Minor expeditions

dating ; The expedition of al-Sawīq (the barley-meal) ; Other events of the year.

The events of the year 3 (624-625). The story of Kaʻb b. al-Ashraf ; The expedition to al-Quradah ; The killing of Abū Rāfiʻ the Jew ; The prophet marries Ḥafṣah ; The expedition to Uḥud ; The fighting begins ; The Muslims retreat ; Mutilation of the Muslim dead ; Various accounts concerning Uḥud ; The expedition of Ḥamrāʹ al-Asad ; The sons of ʻAlī

The events of the year 4 (625-626). The expedition of al-Rajīʻ ; The mission of ʻAmr b. Umayyah against Abu Sufyān ; Muḥammad's marriage to Zaynab bt. Khuzaymah ; The story of Biʹr Maʻūnah ; The expulsion of the Banū al-Naḍīr ; Other events ; The expedition of Dḥāt al-Riqāʻ ; The expedition of al-Sawīq (or Badr al-Mawʻid) ; Other events.

Notes:

Translation of extracts from: Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.

Includes bibliographical references (page 169) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ṭabarī, 838?-923. Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. English. Selections. Foundation of the community.

ISBN:

0887063446

9780887063442

0887063454

9780887063459

OCLC:

15792797