Al-Maqrīzī's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar. vol. V, section 4: Persia and its kings, part I /

Al-Maqrizi's (d. 845/1442) last work, al-Habar 'an al-baSar, was completed a year before his death. This volume, edited by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, covers the history of pre-Islamic Iran from the Creation to the Parthians. Al-Maqrizi's work shows how Arab historians integrated Iran into...

Full description