The history, poetry, and genealogy of the Yemen
Subtitle: the Akhbar of Abid b. Sharya al-Jurhumi
By: Elise W. Crosby.
Contributors: ʻUbayd ibn Sharīyah, d. ca. 686.
Edition: 1st Gorgias Press ed.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
Subjects: ʻUbayd ibn Sharīyah, -- d. ca. 686; Arabic literature -- Yemen (Republic); Arabic literature -- Yemen (Republic) -- Early works to 1800; Yemen (Republic) -- History; Yemen (Republic) -- History -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Akhbār ʻUbayd ibn Sharyah al-Jurhumī fī akhbār al-Yaman wa-ashʻarihā wa-ansābihā.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in English and Arabic.
Table of contents: title: The Akhbār al-Yaman; title: ʻAbīd b. Sharya and his Akhbār; title: The contents of Akhbār; title: The poems; title: Authenticity and dating; title: The manuscripts and editions of Akhbār; title: The complete & perfect history of ʻAbīd b. Sharya al-Jurhumī; title: On the history, poetry, and genealogy of the Yemen; title: Remarks on the preparation of the translation; title: The introduction of Akhbār; title: And the cycle of the dispersion of Sām's descendants; title: The story of the destruction of the ʻĀd; title: The story of the last ʻĀd; title: The story of the Thamūd; title: Comparative register of poems; title: Introduction; title: Poems occurring in Akhbār and Tījān; title: Poems of well-known poets quoted in Akhbār; title: The Arabic text of ʻAbīd's Akhbār; title: Pages 311-496 of the Hyderabad edition; title: Bibliography; title: Index of references.