The Sāsānids, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids, and Yemen /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Albany :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
State University of New York Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxiv, 458 pages :
Other Physical Details
maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Bibliotheca Persica
Series Title
SUNY series in Near Eastern studies
Series Title
Taʼrīkh al-rusul waʼl-mulūk ;
Volume Designation
5
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-441) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
[The kings of the Persians] -- [Ardashir I] -- [The history of al-Ḥīrah] -- Mention of the holders of power in the kingdom of Persia after Ardashīr b. Bābak -- [Sābūr I, called Sābūr al-Junūd] -- [Hurmuz I] -- [Bahrām I] -- [The history of al-Ḥīrah] -- [Bahrām II] -- [Bahrām III] -- [Narsī] -- [Hurmuz II] -- [Sābūr II Dhū al-Aktāf] -- [The history of al-Ḥīrah] -- [Ardashir II] -- [Sābūr III] -- [Bahrām IV] -- [Yazdajird I] -- [The history of al-Ḥīrah] -- [Bahrām V Jūr] -- [Yazdajird II] -- [Fayrūz I] -- Mention of events in the reigns of Yazdajird (II), son of Bahrām (V), and Fayrūz, and the relations of their respective governors with the Arabs and the people of Yemen -- [Balāsh] -- [Qubādh I] -- Mention of what has been recorded concerning the events taking place among the Arabs in Qubādh's reign in his kingdom and involving his governors -- [Kisrā I Anūsharwān] -- [The history of al-Ḥīrah] -- [The history of Yemen] -- [Resumption of the history of Kisrā Anūsharwān] -- Mention of the birth of the messenger of God -- [The remainder of Kisrā Anūsharwān's reign and the last Sāsānid kings] -- [Hurmuz] -- [Kisrā II Abarwīz] -- Mention of those who say that (i.e., those who say that the worth of Sūrat al-Rūm refer to Abarwiz's defeat of Hiraql) -- Mention of the account concerning the events that happened when God wished to take away from the people of Persia rule over Persia, and the Arabs' overrunning it by means of God's favoring them with his prophet Muḥammad, involving the prophethood, the caliphate, the royal power, and the dominion, in the days of Kisrā Abarwīz -- [The encounter at Dhū Qār] -- Mention of those vassal rulers set over the desert frontier of the Arabs at al-Ḥīrah as appointees of the monarchs of Persia, after ʻAmr b. Hind -- The story returns to the mention of al-Marūzān, who governed Yemen on behalf of Hurmuz and his son Abarwīz, and his successors -- [Qubādh II Shīrūyah] -- [Ardashir III] -- [Shahrbarāz] -- Būrān -- [Jushnas Dih] -- [Āzarmīdukht] -- [Kisrā III] -- [Khurrazādh Khusraw] -- [Fayrūz II] -- [Farrukhzādh Khusraw] -- [Yazdajird III] -- [The chronology of the world] -- Mention of those who say that (i.e., that there elapsed ten centuries from Adam to Noah, a further ten from Noah to Abraham, and a further ten from Abraham to Moses).