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Kitāb Futūḥ al-buldān by al-Balādhūrī
Liber expugnationis regionum auctore Imámo Ahmed ibn Jahja ibn Djábir al-Beládsorí, M.J. de Goeje’s Classic Edition (1866)
Editor:
This is a reprint of
Kitāb Futūḥ al-buldān by Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-Balādhurī (d. c. 892 CE), edited by M.J. de Goeje and originally titled
Liber expugnationis regionum (Leiden,1866). The work offers an account of the early conquests of the Islamic polity. It has the form of a geographical survey of the Caliphate’s territories, describing how each location came under Muslim rule.
Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-Balādhurī (d.c. 892 CE) was one of the greatest Arab historians of the ninth century CE.
Michael Jan de Goeje (d.1909) was Professor of Oriental languages in Leiden and the editor of numerous classical Arabic texts.
Michael Jan de Goeje (d.1909) was Professor of Oriental languages in Leiden and the editor of numerous classical Arabic texts.
All interested in Middle Eastern History.