Between civil wars : the caliphate of Muʻāwiyah / translated and annotated by Michael G. Morony.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ṭabarī, 838?-923.

Contributor:

Morony, Michael G., 1939- translator, contributor.

Series:

Ṭabarī, 838?-923. English ; Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. v. 18.

SUNY series in Near Eastern studies

The history of al-Tabari ; v. 18

Bibliotheca Persica

SUNY series in Near Eastern studies.

Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)

Standardized Title:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muʻāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān, Caliph, -680.

Muʻāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān.

Islamic Empire--History--661-750.

Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents for the first time in English Ṭabarī's complete account of the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Muʿāwiyah (661-680). The importance of this account lies partly in Ṭabarī's "ation of major portions of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf and other eighth-century compilers. It is also significant because Ṭabarī's selection of themes has had a decisive influence on modern interpretations of this period, particularly on the identification of what the important issues were in the works of Henri Lammens and Julius Wellhausen. Here one can read the exciting account of the Khāriji revolt of Mustawrid ibn Ullifah, the impressive but controversial record of the governorship of Ziyād ibn Abīhi, the entertaining escapades of the poet Farazdaq in his youth, and the tragic story of Ḥujr ibn 'Adī. Ṭabarī''s presentation of different points of view about these and other events makes his account an indispensable source for early Islamic history.

Contents:

Front Cover ; The History of al-Tabari: Editorial Board; The History of al-Tabari: Vol. XVIII; Copyright ; Acknowledgements; Preface; Table of Contents; Translator's Foreword; The Events of the Year 40 (cont'd) (May 17, 660 - May 6, 661); The Rendering of Allegiance to al-Hasan b. Ali; The Events of the Year 41 (May 7, 661 - April 25, 662); Al-Hasan's Surrender of al-Kufah to Mu'awiyah; The Departure of al-Hasan and al-Husayn for al-Madinah; The Kharijites at Shahrazur; Mu'awiyah's Order to Kill the Sons of Ziyad; 'Abdallah b. 'Amir Put in Charge of al-Basrah

The Events of the Year 42 (April 26, 662 - April 14, 663)What Happened to the Kharijites; The Events of the Year 43 (April 15, 663 - April 3, 664); The Killing of al-Mustawrid b. 'Ullifah; The Events of the Year 44 (April 4, 664 - March 24, 665); The Events of the Year 45 (March 24, 665 - March 13, 666); Ziyad's Governorship over al-Basrah; The Events of the Year 46 (March 13, 666 - March 2, 667); The Death of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Khalid b. al-Walid; The Events of the Year 47 (March 3, 667 - February 19, 668); The Events of the Year 48 (February 20, 668 - February 8, 669)

The Events of the Year 49 (February 9, 669 - January 28, 670)The Events of the Year 50 (January 29, 670 - January 17, 671); Al-Farazdaq's Flight from Ziyad; Al-Hakam b. 'Amr Raids al-Ashall; The Events of the Year 51 (January 18, 671 - January 7, 672); Hujr b. 'Adi's Execution; Tell Nusayhah about the herdsman of her camels, that he found a wolf for dinner.; Those Whom Ziyad Sent to Mu'awiyah; Hujr's Companions Who Were Killed; Hujr's Companions Who Were Saved; The Events of the Year 52 (January 8, 672 - December 26, 672); The Events of the Year 53 (December 27, 672 - December 15, 673)

How Ziyad b. Sumayyah PerishedHow al-Rabi' b. Ziyad al-Harithi Died; The Events of the Year 54 (December 16, 673 - December 5, 674); Why Mu'awiyah Dismissed Sa'id and Appointed Marwan as Governor over al-Madinah; How 'Ubaydallah b. Ziyad Became Governor of Khurasan; The Events of the Year 55 (December 6, 674 - November 24, 675); Why Mu'awiyah Dismissed 'Abdallah b. 'Amr b. Ghaylan and Appointed 'Ubaydallah over al-Basrah; The Events of the Year 56 (November 25, 675 - November 13, 676); Why Mu'awiyah Made His Son, Yazid, Heir Apparent

The Events of the Year 57 (November 14, 676 - November 2, 677)The Events of the Year 58 (November 3, 677 - October 23, 678); Why 'Ubaydallah b. Ziyad Killed the Kharijites; The Events of the Year 59 (October 23, 678 - October 12, 679); Why Mu'awiyah Appointed 'Abd al-Rahman b. Ziyad as Governor of Khurasan; How Mu'awiyah Dismissed and Re-appointed 'Ubaydallah as Governor of al-Basrah; Why Yazid b. Mufarrigh Ridiculed the Sons of Ziyad; The Events of the Year 60 (October 13, 679 - September 30, 680); The Length of Mu'awiyah's Reign; Mu'awiyah's Last Illness

Who Led the Prayer over Mu'awiyah When He Died

Notes:

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

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [227]-231.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4384-1360-2

0-585-08440-8