Al-Maqrīzī's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar.
Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī,1364-1442,author.
Hameen-Anttila, Jaakko,editor,translator.
Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī,1364-1442.Khabar ʻan al-bashar fī ansāb al-ʻArab wa-nasab Sayyid al-Bashar.Selections.
Translated from the Arabic.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
List of plates -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. al-Maqrizi and the Ḫabar -- 2. the Pre-Islamic history of Iran in Arabic and Persian sources -- 3. al-Maqrizi's sources -- 4. al-Maqrizi and Orosius -- 5. al-Maqrizi's use of sources -- 6. Description of the manuscripts -- 7. Notes on the translation -- 8. Names -- Plates -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Critical edition and translation of al-Maqrizi's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia and its kings, Part I: Persia and the four classes of its kings: the first class, the Pišdadians: Usahang -- Tahmurat -- Ǧamšid -- Biwarasf -- Faridun -- Manusǧihr -- Zaw -- Karšasf -- Mention of the second class of Persians, the Kayanids: Kay Qubad -- Kay Kawus -- Kay Husraw -- Kay Luhrasf -- Kay Bistasf -- Kay Ardašir Bahman -- Humani -- Darius the Elder -- Xerxes -- Darius the Younger -- Alexander -- The mention of Nibyadah bt. Tara'us -- Aristotle -- The third class of Persian (kings), the Asganians -- Bibliography -- List of quoted manuscripts -- Index of Qur'anic verses -- Index of prophetic traditions -- Index of verses -- Index of names (people and places) -- Index of quoted titles in al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar -- Index of sources in al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar -- Index of glosses -- Index of technical terms -- Facsimile of MS Fatih 4340 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), fols. 76b-127b, 47*a-b, 128a-131a.
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Al-Maqrīzī's al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar.