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Author Ṭabarī, 838?-923.

Title The ancient kingdoms / translated and annotated by Moshe Perlmann ; annotations of Iranian names and terms by Shaul Shaked
Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1987

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 205 pages)
Series SUNY series in Near Eastern studies
Ṭabarī, 838?-923. Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. English ; v. 4.
SUNY series in Near Eastern studies.
Bibliotheca Persica (Albany, N.Y.)
Contents An account of the Persian kings who ruled the region at Babylonia and the East after Kayqubādh -- Kaykhusraw -- The children of Israel after Solomon the son of David -- The story of Asa b. Abijah and Zerah the Indian -- The story of Isaiah's friend, the kings of the children of Israel and Sennacherib -- Account of Luhrāsb and his son Bishtāsb; the expedition of Nebuchadnezzar against the Israelites and how he destroyed Jerusalem -- The reason why Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem -- The story of Nebuchadnezzar's raid against the Arabs -- Returning to the story of Bishtāsb, his reign and its events, initiated by him as well as others, such as his governors; also the deeds of Nebuchadnezzar -- The kings of the Yaman in the days of Qābūs and after him to the age of Bahman b. Isfandiyār -- Ardashīr Bahman and his daughter Khumāni -- The history of the Israelites and the synchronization of their chronological data with those of the Persian kings -- The account of Darius (Dārā) the elder and his son Darius the Younger ; The account of Alexander (Dhū al-Qarnayn) -- The Persians after Alexander -- The Arsacid (Ashaghān) kings -- The events that occurred during the rule of these regional princes -- The story of Jesus son Mary and his mother -- The Roman rulers -- Ḥīrah and Anbār -- ʻAmr b. Ẓarib -- Al-Zabbāʼ -- Ṭasm and Jadīs -- The story of the men of the cave -- Jonah son of Amittai -- The sending by God of his three envoys -- The story of Samson -- The story of Jirjīs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191)
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Subject Jews -- History.
Arabs -- History -- To 622.
Jewish legends.
Christian legends.
HISTORY -- Civilization.
Arabs
Christian legends
Jewish legends
Jews
Légendes chrétiennes.
Légendes juives.
Juifs -- Histoire.
SUBJECT Iran -- History -- To 640. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067896
Subject Iran
Iran -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 640.
Iran -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 640.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Perlmann, Moshe.
LC no. 85017282
ISBN 0585167869
9780585167862
1438415885
9781438415888
Other Titles 880-01 Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. Selections. English
880-01/(3/r تاريخ الرسل والملوك. Selections. English