Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk

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Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk is al-Tabari’s monumental multi-volume chronicle of world and Islamic history from creation to the early 10th century.

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instanceOf Arabic work of historiography
historical chronicle
multi-volume book
alternativeTitle Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī NERFINISHED
author al-Tabari NERFINISHED
authorName Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī NERFINISHED
completionApproximateDate early 10th century
coversPeriod from creation to the early 10th century
editorOfEnglishSeries Ehsan Yarshater NERFINISHED
EnglishSeriesPublisher Brill NERFINISHED
EnglishSeriesTitle The History of al-Ṭabarī NERFINISHED
EnglishSeriesVolumesApprox 39
focusesOn military campaigns
political history
succession of rulers
genre taʾrīkh (chronicle)
hasModernEdition Brill English translation series NERFINISHED
includes accounts of pre-Islamic kings
accounts of prophets
accounts of the Abbasid Caliphate
accounts of the Prophet Muḥammad
accounts of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
accounts of the Umayyad Caliphate
biographical notices of early Muslims
influenced Ibn al-Athīr NERFINISHED
al-Masʿūdī NERFINISHED
later Muslim historians
isMajorSourceFor Abbasid political history
Sasanian history
early Islamic history
language Arabic
narrativeMethod year-by-year chronicle
notableFeature attempt at universal history
extensive citation of earlier authorities
integration of pre-Islamic and Islamic narratives
originalManuscriptTradition medieval Islamic world
placeOfComposition Baghdad NERFINISHED
religiousContext Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
scholarlyField Islamic studies
Middle Eastern history
Qurʾanic and prophetic studies
structure annalistic
subject Islamic history
world history
timeSpan from creation to 915 CE approximately
titleTranslation History of the Prophets and Kings NERFINISHED
usesSourceType isnād-based reports

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Expulsion of Banu Nadir from Medina describedBySource Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk
this entity surface form: al-Tabari's Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk
Banu Mustaliq historicalSource Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk
this entity surface form: al-Tabari's Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk
Siege of Banu Qurayza primarySources Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk
this entity surface form: al-Tabari's Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk
Al-Tabari titleOfWork Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk