The Early Muslim Conquest of Syria: An English Translation of Al-Azdī's Futūḥ Al-Shām

ISBN-13: 9780367230258 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 310 str.

Hamada Hassanein; Jens Scheiner

Opis

This book narrates the battles, conquests and diplomatic activities of the early Muslim fighters in Syria and Iraq vis-à-vis their Byzantine and Persian counterparts. It is the first English translation of one of the earliest Arabic sources on the early Muslim expansion entitled Futūḥ al-Shām (The Conquests of Syria).

Spis treści

Introduction; 1 Summary of al-Azdī’s Futūḥ al-Shām; 2 The compiler-author and his work; 3 Policies of translation; 4 Translation