• The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 18
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The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 18

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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 Ṭa...
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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 quotation 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.

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Price: £25.50
Pages: 494
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Imprint: SUNY Press
Series: SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies
Publication Date: 01 August 1987
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780887063145
Format: Paperback
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<p><b>Translator's Foreword</b></p><p> <b>Between Civil Wars: The Caliphate of, Mu`awiyah</b></p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 40 (660/661)</b></p><p> The Rendering of Allegiance to al-Hasan b. Ali</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 41 (665/662)</b></p><p> Al-Hasan's surrender of al-Kufah to Mucawiyah</p><p> The departure of al-Hasan and al-Husayn for al-Madinah</p><p> The Kharijites at Shahrazur</p><p> Mucawiyah's order to kill the sons of Ziyad</p><p> Whyc Abdallah b.c Amir was put in charge of al-Basrah and some events during his Activity there</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 42 (662/663)</b></p><p> What happened to the Kharijites</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 43 (663/664)</b></p><p> The killing of al-Mustawrid b.c Ullifah</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 44 (664/665)</b></p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 45 (665/666)</b></p><p> Ziyad's governorship over al-Basrah</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 46 (666/667)</b></p><p> The death ofc Abd al-Rahman b. Khalid b. al-Walid</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 47 (667/668)</b></p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 48 (668/669)</b></p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 49 (669/670)</b></p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 50 (670/671)</b></p><p> Al-Faradzaq's flight from Ziyad</p><p> Al-Hakam b.c Amr raids al-Ashall</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 51 (671/672)</b></p><p> Hujr b.c Adi's execution</p><p> Those whom Ziyad sent to Mucawiyah</p><p> Hujr's companions who were killed</p><p> Hujr's companions who were saved</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 52 (672)</b></p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 53 (672/673)</b></p><p> How Ziyad b. Sumayyah perished</p><p> How al-Rabic b. Ziyad al-Harithi died</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 54 (673/674)</b></p><p> Why Mucawiyah dismissed Sacid and appointed Mawan as governor over al-Madinah</p><p> Howc Ubaydallah b. Ziyad became governor over Khurasan</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 55 (/674/675)</b></p><p> Why Mucawiyah dismissedc Abdallah b.c Amr b. Ghaylan and appointedc Ubaydallah over al-Basrah</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 56 (675/676)</b></p><p> Why Mucawiyah made his Son, Yazid, heir apparent</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 57 (676/677)</b></p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 58 (677/678)</b></p><p> Whyc Ubaydallah b. Ziyad killed the Kharijites</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 59 (678/679)</b></p><p> Why Mucawiyah appointedc Abd al-Rahman b. Ziyad as governor of Khurasan</p><p> How Mucawiyah dismissed and re-appointedc Ubaydallah as governor of al-Basrah</p><p> Why Yasid b. Mufarrigh ridiculed the sons of Ziyad</p><p> <b>The Events of the Year 60 (679/680)</b></p><p> The length of Mucawiyah's reign</p><p> Mucawiyah's last illness</p><p> Who led the prayer over Mucawiyah when he died</p><p> Mucawiyah's lineage and his Agnomen</p><p> Mucawiyah's wives and children</p><p> Some of Mucawiyah's Affairs and Conduct</p><p> <b>Bibliography</b></p><p> <b>Index</b></p>