The History of the Kings of the Persians in Three Arabic Chronicles: The Transmission of the Iranian Past from Late Antiquity to Early Islam

Book Overview

This book translates the sections on pre-Islamic Persia in three Muslim Arabic chronicles, those of Ahmad al-Ya'qubi (d. ca. 910), 'Ali al-Mas'udi (d. ca. 960) and Hamza al-Isfahani (d. ca. 960s). Their accounts, like those of many other Muslim historians on this topic, draw on texts that were composed in the period 750-850 bearing the title 'The History of the Kings of the Persians'. These works served a growing audience of well-to-do Muslim bureaucrats...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786941473
• ISBN13: 9781786941473
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.2"