Ascribed to the Egyptian scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (1445 1505), this medieval Arabic history was translated into English by the orientalist James Reynolds (1805 66). An outstanding Islamic polymath, al-Suyuti produced a large body of work in such fields as grammar, rhetoric, theology, medicine and history. The present work may have been compiled from his earlier General History and Critical History of Traditions. It contains rich descriptions of religious places and buildings in Jerusalem, including the Dome of the Rock and the Mosque of Omar, and offers a historical account of the city....
Ascribed to the Egyptian scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (1445 1505), this medieval Arabic history was translated into English by the orientalist James...
