History of the Prophets and Kings
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History of the Prophets and Kings is a monumental 10th-century Arabic chronicle by al-Tabari that narrates Islamic and pre-Islamic history from creation up to his own time.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic book
ⓘ
Islamic historiographical work ⓘ historical chronicle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tarikh al-Tabari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | al-Tabari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorName | Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coversPeriodFrom | creation ⓘ |
| coversPeriodTo | early 10th century ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 10th century ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic studies
ⓘ
Middle Eastern history ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
ⓘ
universal history ⓘ |
| hasPart |
sections on Sasanian Persia
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sections on ancient Near Eastern kingdoms ⓘ sections on biblical prophets ⓘ sections on internal Muslim conflicts ⓘ sections on the conquests of Islam ⓘ |
| includes |
Quranic narratives
ⓘ
accounts of pre-Islamic prophets ⓘ accounts of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ accounts of the Rashidun Caliphs ⓘ accounts of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ accounts of the life of Muhammad ⓘ prophetic traditions ⓘ reports of Companions of Muhammad ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic universal histories
ⓘ
later Muslim historians ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| length | multi-volume work ⓘ |
| method |
compilation of earlier sources
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isnad-based reporting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensiveness of early Islamic history
ⓘ
preservation of earlier lost sources ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
تاريخ الرسل والملوك NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Sunni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| structure | annalistic ⓘ |
| subject |
Islamic history
ⓘ
pre-Islamic history ⓘ |
| timeOfCompilation | c. 915–923 CE ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ other modern languages ⓘ |
| usedAs |
primary source for early Islamic history
ⓘ
source for biography of Muhammad ⓘ source for history of the caliphates ⓘ |
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