The history of al-Ṭabarī = Taʼrīkh al-rusul wa'l mulūk.

Translation of: Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

v.1. General introduction and From creation to the flood -- v.2. Prophets and patriarchs -- v.3. The children of Israel -- v.4. The ancient kingdoms -- v.5. The Sāsānids, the Byzantines, the Lakmids, and Yemen -- v.6. Muḥammad at Mecca -- v.7. The foundation of the community -- v.8. The victory of Islam -- v.9. The last years of the prophet -- v.10. The conquest of Arabia -- v.11. The challenge to the empires -- v.12. The battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the conquest of Syria and Palestine -- v.13. The conquest of Iraq, southwestern Persia, and Egypt -- v.14. The conquest of Iran -- v.15. The crisis of the early caliphate -- v.16. The community divided -- v.17. The first civil war -- v.18. Between civil wars: the caliphate of Muʻāwiyah -- v.19. The caliphate of Yazīd b. Muʻāwiyah -- v. 20. The collapse of Sufyānid authority and the coming of the Marwānids -- v.21. The victory of the Marwānids -- v.22. The Marwānid restoration -- v.23. The zenith of the Marwānid house -- v.24. The empire in transition -- v.25. The end of expansion -- v.26. The waning of the Umayyad caliphate -- v.27. The ʻAbbāsid revolution -- v.28. ʻAbbāsid authority affirmed -- v.29. Al-Manṣūr and al-Mahdī -- v.30. The ʻAbbāsid caliphate in equilibrium -- v.31. The war between brothers -- v.32. The reunification of the ʻAbbāsid caliphate -- v.33. Storm and stress along the northern frontiers -- v.34. Incipient decline -- v.35. The crisis of the ʻAbbāsid caliphate -- v.36. The revolt of the Zanj -- v.37. The ʻAbbāsid recovery -- v.38. The return of the caliphate to Baghdad -- v.39. Biographies of the prophet's companions and their successors.