A History of Early Al-Andalus

The Akhb-r majm-'a has in recent years been a topic of fierce debate, thought to be either one of the oldest original sources for the history of early Islamic Spain or a late compilation of earlier sources. This book examines the early history of Islamic Spain and provides a translation of this key contemporary account.

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Introduction: The Akhb-r majm-'a: Study and Speculation. Translation: The Akhb-r majm-'a. 'Collected Accounts' of the years 86-350/705-961 1. The Conquest and the Rule of the Governors of Damascus 2. The Civil Wars 3. The Annals of 'Abd al-Rahm-n I 4. Scenes from the Lives of the Umayyad Emirs 5. The Caliph of al-Andalus Appendix i: Introductory Words, Phases and Headings given in Coloured Thulth and their Location in Lafuente y Alcántara (1867), Arabic text, page number and line. Appendix ii: The Governors (w-lin pl. wul-h) of al-Andalus. Appendix iii: M-'idat Sulaym-n, the 'Table of Solomon': What was it?