History of the Prophets and Kings

The History of the Prophets and Kings (Persian: تاریخ طبری , Arabic: تاريخ الرسل والملوك Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk, popularly known Tarikh al-Tabari) is a historical chronicle written in Arabic by Persian[1] author and historian Ibn Jarir al-Tabari d. 310H (838-923) from the Creation to AD 915, and contains detail concerning Muslim and Middle Eastern history.

Contents

Editions

Various editions of the Annals include:

Here is the list of titles for the 40-volume edition:

Content

The introduction states:

“ Let the reader be aware that whatever I mention in my book is relied on the news that were narrated by some men. I had attributed these stories to their narrators, without inferring anything from their incidents ....[3] ”
“ If a certain man gets horrified by a certain incident that we reported in our book, then let him know that it did not come from us, but we only wrote down what we received from the narrators [4] ”

The main purpose of Tabari was to write history according to the science of narration. That is to say he quotes the narrator without interfering in any way.

Among its content can be found:

See also

References

  1. ^ Gaston Wiet, etc, "The Great Medieval Civilizations: cultural and scientific development. Volume 3. The great medieval civilizations. Part 1", Published by Allen and Unwin, 1975. pg 722:In the meantime another author, Tabari, Persian by origin, had been unobtrusively at work on two monumental pieces of writing, a commentary on the Koran ..
  2. ^ SUNY Press :: History of al-Tabari
  3. ^ [Tarikh Al-Tabari, 1/7-8]
  4. ^ [Tarikh Al-Tabari, 1/8].