Volume I of the thirty-eight volume translation of Ṭabarī’s great
History begins with the creation of the world and ends with the time of Noah and the Flood. It not only brings a vast amount of speculation about the early history of mankind into sharp Muslim focus, but it also synchronizes ancient Iranian ideas about the prehistory of mankind with those inspired by the Qur’an and the Bible. The volume is thus an excellent guide to the cosmological views of many of Ṭabarī’s contemporaries. The translator, Franz Rosenthal, one of the world’s foremost scholars of Arabic, has also written an extensive introduction to the volume that presents all the facts known about Ṭabarī’s personal and professional life. Professor Rosenthal’s meticulous and original scholarship has yielded a valuable bibliography and chronology of Ṭabarī’s writings, both those preserved in manuscript and those alluded to by other authors. The introduction and first volume of the translation of the
History form a ground-breaking contribution to Islamic historiography in English and will prove to be an invaluable source of information for those who are interested in Middle Eastern history but are unable to read the basic works in Arabic.
Table of Content
Translator’s Foreword
Sigla
The Caliphate of al-Mu`tadid
Appointments of high officials
Relations with the Saffarid `Amr b. al-Layth
Tulunid embassy in Baghdad to arrange dynastic marriage
Dulafite routs Rafi` b. Harthamah at al-Rayy
The Events of the Year 280 (893-894)
Shaylamah’s arrest and execution
Campaign against the Shayban
Ibn Abi al-Saj’s conquest of al-Maraghah
Death of Dulafite
Conquest of `Uman
Campaign against Byzantines
Earthquake in Dabil
The Events of the Year 281 (894-895)
Tughj leading raid against Byzantines
Expedition to al-Jibal
and to Mosul against Hamdan b. Hamdun
The Events of the Year 282 (895-896)
The Mu`tadidi New Year
Wedding of al-Mu`tadid and Qatr al-Nada
Continuation of campaign against Hamdan
The Caspian Zaydite’s annual subsidy to his followers and al-Mu`tadid’s dream about his attitude toward `Alids
Murder of Khumarawayh
The Events of the Year 283 (896-897)
Continued campaign against .Husayn b. Hamdan and Kharijites
Reform of inheritance
Egyptian officers arriving in Baghdad after defection
Relations between Byzantines and Slavs
Murder of Jaysh b. Khumarawayh
Ransom negotiations with Byzantines
Relations with Dulafites
`Amr b. al-Layth defeats Rafi` b. Harthamah
The Events of the Year 284 (897-898)
Fighting in Tarsus
Christian eunuch accused of slandering Prophet
Populace harassing black eunuchs
Edict against Umayyads
‘Specter’ in the palace
Escape of Dulafite Abu al-Layth from detention and his subsequent death
Wrong astrological predictions of rain
The Events of the Year 285 (898-899)
Al-Ta’i’s attack on pilgrim caravan
Atmospheric fallout in southern Mesopotamia
Naval raid against Byzantines
Negotiations with Harun b. Khumarawayh
Raid against Byzantines
The Events of the Year 286 (899-900)
Relations with Ibn Abi al-Saj
Expedition to Amid against Ibn Shaykh
Agreement with Harun b. Khumarawayh
Gifts from `Amr b. al-Layth
Appearance of Qarmatians under al-Jannabi
Raids of the Shayban against al-Anbar
The Events of the Year 287 (900)
Arrest of Ibn Shaykh
Bedouin attacks on the pilgrim caravan
Growing Qarmatian danger
Troubles in Tarsus
`Amr b. al-Layth’s defeat and capture by the Samanid
Al-Ghanawi’s unsuccessful expedition against al-Jannabi
Expedition against Wasif, mawla of Ibn Abi al-Saj
Death of the Caspian Zaydi ruler
Badr’s expedition against the Qarmatians
The Events of the Year 288 (900-901)
Death of Ibn Abi al-Saj
`Amr b. al-Layth in Baghdad
Gifts sent to Samanid
Troubles in .Santa
Fighting among Sajids
Military encounters with Byzantines
The Events of the Year 289 (901-902)
Execution of Qarmatian Ibn Abi al-Qaws
Death of al-Mu`tadid
The Caliphate of al-Muktafi bi-llah
Death of `Amr b. al-Layth
Downfall of Badr
Samanid victory in Tabaristan
Zikrawayh and his sons
The Events of the Year 290 (902-903)
More Qarmatian trouble in Syria
Al-Muktafi’s failed attempt to move to Samarra
Death of Yahya b. Zikrawayh and Syrian raids by his brother Husayn, the Man of the Mole
A mother searching for her son in the Qarmatian camp
Qarmatians near Aleppo
Successful attacks from al-Bahrayn on al-Jannabi’s relatives and lieutenant
Letter of the Man of the Mole to an official
and letter of an official to him
Ransom negotiations with Byzantines
The Events of the Year 291 (903-904)
Al-Muktafi in al-Raqqah
Capture of the Man of the Mole
Muhammad b/ Sulayman’s battle with Qarmatians
Execution of Qarmatian leaders
Al-Qasim b. Sima and the remnants of Qarmatian `Ullays
Preparations for campaign against Harun b.Khumarawayh
Samanid victory over Turks
Byzantine campaigns
Appointment of al-`Abbas b. al-Hasan
The Events of the Year 292 (904-905)
Seizure of insurgents in the Basrah region
Byzantine raid on Mar`ash
Muhammad b. Sulayman in Egypt, Harun b. Khumarawayh killed
Revolt of al-Khaliji in Egypt
Byzantine-Muslim ransom negotiations
Flood in Baghdad
Byzantine preparations for raid against Tarsus
The Events of the Year 293 (905-906)
Al-Khaliji’s revolt
Saffarid Tahir and events in Fars
Qarmatian move on Damascus
Unrest in the Yemen
Qarmatian `Abdallah b. Sa`id and the Qarmatian attacks against various cities (Hit, Tiberias, al-Kufah), defeat of government forces
Zikrawayh
Battle at al-Saw’ar
Al-Khaliji’s defeat and transfer to Baghdad
Byzantine raid on Qurus
The Events of the Year 294 (906-907)
Raid into Byzantine territory
Qarmatian attacks on pilgrim caravans
Zikrawayh’s death
Patrikios Andronikos defects to Muslims, raid on Konya
Qarmatian remnants defeated
Byzantine-Muslim ransom negotiations
Sufyani appearing in Syria
The Events of the Year 295 (907-908)
Al-Misma`i’s rebellion
Death of Samanid Isma`il
Events in the Yemen
Embassy of Aghlabite Ziyadatallah
Completion of ransom negotiations
Death of al-Muktafi
The Caliphate of al-Muqtadir bi-llah
Riot of soldiers during pilgrimage
The Events of the Year 296 (908-909)
Rebellion of Ibn al-Mu`tazz
Husayn b. Hamdan in Baghdad
The Events of the Year 297 (909-910)
Mu’nis al-Khadim’s campaign against Byzantines
in Fars to fight Saffarid al-Layth
The Events of the Year 298 (910-911)
Further developments in Fars
The Events of the Year 299 (911-912)
Raids against Byzantines by Rustum
Samanid activities
The Events of the Year 300 (912-913)
Fatimid expedition against Barqah
The Events of the Year 301 (913-914)
Al-Hallaj
Husayn b. Hamdan’s campaign against Byzantines
Samanid ruler killed, quarrels about succession
Fatimid general Habasah in Barqah
Death of al-Jan-nabs
The Events of the Year 302 (914-915)
Campaign against Byzantines
Al-Utrush seizing power in Tabaristan
Habasah’s invasion of Egypt
Defeated
Battle against bedouins in Northern Mesopotamia
Bedouin attacks on pilgrim caravan
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