Futuh al-Buldan
Futūh al-Buldān (
]Written in
Islamic prophet Muhammad and the early caliphs'.[citation needed
]
Al-Baladhuri travelled widely in regions of northern Syria and Mesopotamia, collecting traditions for material to include in his book.[1] He also translated some Persian texts into Arabic.[1]
Editions
Futūḥ al-Buldān was edited by
M. J. de Goeje
as Liber expugnationis regionum (Leiden, 1870; Cairo, 1901).
An English edition with the title "The Origins of the Islamic State" was published in two parts by Columbia University Press; vol. 1, translated by
Philip Khuri Hitti (1916)[2] and vol. 2, translated by Francis Clark Murgotten (1924).[3] Second english edition was published by I.B. Tauris with translation and annotations by Hugh N. Kennedy.[4]
References
- ^ a b Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Balādhurī". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Full English text of The origins of the Islamic state: being a translation from the Arabic, accompanied with annotations, geographic and historic notes of the Kitâb fitûh al-buldân of al-Imâm abu-l Abbâs Ahmad ibn-Jâbir al-Balâdhuri
- ^ Full English text of The Origins Of The Islamic State Part II
- ISBN 978-0-755-63742-3.
External links
- Al-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā (1957). Futūḥ al-Buldān. Beirut: Dār al-Nashr li-al-Jāmi‘īyīn.
- Al-Balādhurī (1916). The Origins of the Islamic State: Translation with Annotations Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitāb Futūḥ al-Buldān of al-Imâm abu-l'Abbâs Aḥmad ibn-Jâbir al-Balâdhuri. Vol. 1. Translated by Philip Khuri Hitti. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Al-Baladhuri (1924). The Origins Of The Islamic State. Vol. 2. Translated by Francis Clark Murgotten. New York: Columbia University Press.
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