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The Caliphate of Al-Ma'mun A.D. 812-833/A.H. 198-213
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The History of al-Tabari
Editorial Board Ihsan Abbas, American University of Beirut C. E. Bosworth, The University of Manchester Jacob Lassner, Wayne State University, Detroit Franz Rosenthal, Yale University Ehsan Yar-Shater, Columbia University (General Editor)
SUNY SERIES IN NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Said Amir Arjomand, Editor
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Bibliotheca Persica Edited by Ehsan Yar-Shater
The History of al-Tabari (Ta'rikh al-rusul wa 'l-muluk)
Volume XXXII
The Reunification of the `Abbasid Caliphate
translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
State University of New York Press
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The preparation of this volume was made possible by a grant from the Translation Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency; and in part by the Persian Heritage Foundation. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1987 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y. 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Tabari, 838?-923 The Reunification of the `Abbasid Caliphate.
(SUNY series in Near Eastern studies) (The History of al Tabari; v. 32) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Islamic EmpireHistory750-1258. 2. Iraq History634-1534. I. Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. I. Title. III. Series. IV. Series: Tabari, 838?-923. Tarikh al-rusul wa-al-muluk. English; v. 32. DS38.6.T328 1985909'.09767184-16311 ISBN 0-88706-058-7 ISBN 0-88706-057-9 (pbk.)
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Acknowledgements
In 1971 the General Editor proposed to the UNESCO to include a translation of al-Tabari's History in its Collection of Representative Works. UNESCO agreed, but the Commission in charge of Arabic works favored other priorities. Deeming the project worthy, the Iranian Institute of Translation and Publication, which collaborated with UNESCO, agreed to undertake the task. After the upheavals of 1979, assistance was sought from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The invaluable encouragement and support of the Endowment is here gratefully acknowledged.
The General Editor wishes to thank sincerely also the participating scholars, who have made the realization of this project possible; the Board of Editors for their selfless assistance; Professor Franz Rosenthal for his many helpful suggestions in the formulation and application of the editorial policy; and Dr. Susan Mango of the National Endowment for the Humanities for her genuine interest in the project and her advocacy of it.
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Preface
The History of Prophets and Kings (Ta'rikh al-rusul wa'lmuluk) by AbuJacfar Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari (839-923), here rendered as the History of al-Tabari, is by common consent the most important universal history produced in the world of Islam. It has been translated here in its entirety for the first time for the benefit of non-Arabists, with historical and philological notes for those interested in the particulars of the text.
Tabari's monumental work explores the history of the ancient nations, with special emphasis on biblical peoples and prophets, the legendary and factual history of ancient Iran, and, in great detail, the rise of Islam, the life of the Prophet Muhammad, and the history of the Islamic world down to the year 915. The first volume of this translation will contain a biography of al-Tabari and a discussion of the method, scope, and value of his work. It will also provide information on some of the technical considerations that have guided the work of the translators.
The History has been divided here into 38 volumes, each of which covers about two hundred pages of the original Arabic text in the Leiden edition. An attempt has been made to draw the dividing lines between the individual volumes in such a way that each is to some degree independent and can be read as such. The page numbers of the original in the Leiden edition appear on the margins of the translated volumes.
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