The challenge to the empires / translated and annotated by Khalid Yahya Blankinship.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ṭabarī, 838?-923.

Contributor:

Blankinship, Khalid Yahya, translator, contributor.

Series:

Ṭabarī, 838?-923. English ; Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. v. 11.

SUNY series in Near Eastern studies

The history of al-Ṭabarī = Taʼrīkh al-rusul wa'l mulūk ; v. 11

Bibliotheca Persica

Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)

SUNY series in Near Eastern studies.

Standardized Title:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic Empire--History--622-661.

Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire--History, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although this volume deals with the part of al-Tabari's History covering the years 12 and 13 (633-35), in the caliphates of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and 'Umar b. al-Khattab, the narratives contained in it, which are lengthy and detailed, are concerned with the first Muslim conquests in Iraq and Syria. Although it might be expected, therefore, that this volume would be a basic source for these conquests, the actual value of the bulk of the reported traditions is in considerable doubt because most of the material is derived from a later Kufan traditionist, Sayf b. 'Umar (d. 170-93/786-809), who apparently exaggerated and distorted his material considerably. Indeed, Sayf's transmissions clearly reveal the tendency of his party, an anti-Shi'ite faction based on the Arab Mudar tribal group in al-Kufah that had lost out with the fall of the Umayyads and the coming of the 'Abbasids to power. Although Sayf's transmissions thus have limited value as far as the earliest conquests themselves are concerned, they are of the utmost value in revealing the content and character of Islamic historical debates in the late 2nd/8th century. In addition, they permit us to elucidate and reconstruct an early harmonizing tendency in Islam that undoubtedly had a significant effect on the way later Muslims viewed their earliest history. The translation is preceded by an introduction analyzing the tendencies of Sayf and his party as revealed in this volume. Extensive notes accompany the text for the benefit of historians in other fields, as well as of Islamic specialists.

Contents:

Front Cover ; The History of al-Tabari: Editorial Board; The History of al-Tabari: Vol. XI; Copyright ; Preface; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Translator's Foreword; Genealogical Table of the Later Sasanians Represented by Sayf b. 'Umar; Genealogical Table of the Later Sasanians as Attested in Sources Other than Sayf b. 'Umar; Map 1. Iraq at the Time of the Muslim Conquest.; Map 2. Syria at the Time of the Muslim Conquest.; The Caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq; The Events of the Year 12 (March 18, 633 - March 6, 634); The Battle of al-Madhar; The Battle of al-Walajah

About Ullays, Which Is on the Euphrates ItselfThe Affair of Amghishiya; The Day of al-Maqr and the Mouth of Furat Badaqla ; What Happened after al-Hirah; Al-Anbar, Which Is Dhat al-'Uyun, and Kalwadha; About 'Ayn al-Tamr; Dumat al-Jandal; Husayd; Al-Khanafis; Al-Musayyakh of the Banu al-Barsha; Al-Thani and al-Zumayl; Al-Firad; Khalid's Pilgrimage; Those Who Say Abu Bakr Led the Pilgrimage; Those Who Say 'Umar Led the Pilgrimage; The Events of the Year 13 (March 7, 634 - Februrary 24, 635); Al-Yarmuk; Continuation of the Report of Ibn Ishaq; Continuation of the Report of Abu Zayd

[Abu Bakr's Illness and Death]Who Washed Abu Bakr, His Shroud, Who Prayed over Him, the Time of His Funeral Prayer, and the Time at Which He Died; Abu Bakr's Appearance; Abu Bakr's Genealogy, His Name, and What He Was Known by; The Names of Abu Bakr's Wives; The Names of His Judges, Secretaries, and Tax Officials; [His Appointment of 'Umar b. al-Khattab as His Successor]; The Caliphate of 'Umar b. al-Khattab; The Events of the Year 13 (cont'd) (March 7, 634 - February 24, 635); [The Expedition of Fihl and the Conquest of Damascus]; The Report about Damascus According to Sayf

The Affair of Fihl According to SayfBaysan; Tiberias; Al-Muthanna b. Harithah and Abu 'Ubayd b. Mas'ud; Al-Namariq; Al-Saqatiyyah in Kaskar; The Battle of al-Qarqus, Which Is Also Called al-Quss, Quss al-Natif, the Bridge, and al-Marwahah ; Lesser Ullays; Al-Buwayb; Al-Khanafis; What Stirred Up the Matter of al-Qadisiyyah; Bibliography of Cited Works; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Back Cover

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-233) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7914-9684-8

0-585-15515-1