Al-Maqrīzī’s <i>al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar</i>, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia and Its Kings, Part I

The aim of Bibliotheca Maqriziana is to publish critical editions of al-Maqrīzī's works based on the author’s holographs, whenever these are preserved. The critical editions are accompanied by annotated translations and introductions. The series is divided into two categories: the first, 'Opera minora' (three volumes have been published thus far), includes al-Maqrīzī’s minor works; and the second, 'Opera maiora', is devoted to his major, often multivolume, works. The present volume is the first of the 'Opera maiora'. It contains one section of one of al-Maqrīzī’s major works and, more importantly, one of the least known: 'al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar' ('The History of Mankind'). Al-Maqrīzī divided it into six volumes and several sections. This original division will be respected. Each section will be edited and translated by a specialist on the subject; the title page of each volume will indicate the volume and section number according to al-Maqrīzī’s divisions. For reasons of space, some sections have been divided into several parts, as in the present case: The history of the Persians corresponds to the fourth section of volume 5 of 'al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar' and will be published in two tomes, this one being the first. Al-maqrizi's (d. 845/1442) Last Work, Al-habar 'an Al-basar, Was Completed A Year Before His Death. This Volume, Edited By Jaakko Hämeen-anttila, Covers The History Of Pre-islamic Iran From The Creation To The Parthians. Al-maqrizi's Work Shows How Arab Historians Integrated Iran Into World History And How They Harmonized Various Currents Of Historiography (middle Persian Historiography, Islamic Sacred History, Greek And Latin Historiography).00among Al-habar's Sources Is Kitab Hurusiyus, The Arabic Translation Of Paulus Orosius' Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri Vii. This Source Has Only Been Preserved In One Defective Copy, And Al-maqrizi's Text Helps To Fill In Some Of Its Lacunae.0. List Of Plates -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Al-maqrizi And The Ḫabar -- 2. The Pre-islamic History Of Iran In Arabic And Persian Sources -- 3. Al-maqrizi's Sources -- 4. Al-maqrizi And Orosius -- 5. Al-maqrizi's Use Of Sources -- 6. Description Of The Manuscripts -- 7. Notes On The Translation -- 8. Names -- Plates -- Abbreviations And Symbols -- Critical Edition And Translation Of Al-maqrizi's Al-ḫabar ʻan Al-bašar, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia And Its Kings, Part I: Persia And The Four Classes Of Its Kings: The First Class, The Pišdadians: Usahang -- Tahmurat -- Ǧamšid -- Biwarasf -- Faridun -- Manusǧihr -- Zaw -- Karšasf -- Mention Of The Second Class Of Persians, The Kayanids: Kay Qubad -- Kay Kawus -- Kay Husraw -- Kay Luhrasf -- Kay Bistasf -- Kay Ardašir Bahman -- Humani -- Darius The Elder -- Xerxes -- Darius The Younger -- Alexander -- The Mention Of Nibyadah Bt. Tara'us -- Aristotle -- The Third Class Of Persian (kings), The Asganians -- Bibliography -- List Of Quoted Manuscripts -- Index Of Qur'anic Verses -- Index Of Prophetic Traditions -- Index Of Verses -- Index Of Names (people And Places) -- Index Of Quoted Titles In Al-ḫabar ʻan Al-bašar -- Index Of Sources In Al-ḫabar ʻan Al-bašar -- Index Of Glosses -- Index Of Technical Terms -- Facsimile Of Ms Fatih 4340 (istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), Fols. 76b-127b, 47*a-b, 128a-131a. Edited And Translated By Jaakko Hämeen-anttila. Translated From The Arabic. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. In English And Arabic. ‎List of Plates ‎Abbreviations ‎Foreword ‎Preface ‎Introduction ‎1. al-Maqrīzī and the 'Ḫabar' ‎2. The Pre-Islamic History of Iran in Arabic and Persian Sources ‎3. al-Maqrīzī’s Sources ‎4. al-Maqrīzī and Orosius ‎5. al-Maqrīzī’s Use of Sources ‎6. Description of the Manuscripts ‎7. Notes on the Translation 8. Names ‎Plates ‎Abbreviations and Symbols Critical Edition and Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, vol. v, section 4: Persia and Its Kings, Part I Persia and the Four Classes of Its Kings The First Class, the Pīšdādians Ūšahanǧ Ṭahmūraṯ Ǧamšīd Bīwarāsf Farīdūn Manūšǧihr Zaw Karsāsf Mention of the Second Class of Persians, the Kayanids Kay Qubāḏ Kay Kāwūs Kay Ḫusraw Kay Luhrāsf Kay Bistāsf Kay Ardašīr Bahman Ḫumānī Darius the Elder Xerxes Darius the Younger Alexander The Mention of Nibyāḏah bt. Tarāʾuš Aristotle The Third Class of Persian (Kings), the Ašġānians ‎Bibliography ‎List of Quoted Manuscripts ‎Index of Qurʾānic Verses ‎Index of Prophetic Traditions ‎Index of Verses ‎Index of Names (People and Places) ‎Index of Quoted Titles in 'al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar' ‎Index of Sources in 'al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar' ‎Index of Glosses ‎Index of Technical Terms ‎Facsimile of MS Fatih 4340 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), fols. 76b–127b, 47*a–b, 128a–136b La 4e de couverture indique : "Al-Maqrizi's (d. 845/1442) last work, al-Ḫabar ʻan al-bašar (The History of Humanking), was completed a year before his death. This volume, edited by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, covers the history of pre-Islamic Iran from the Creation to the Parthians. Al-Maqrizi's work shows how Arab historians integrated Iran into world history and how they harmonized various currents of historiography (Middle Persian historiography, Islamic sacred history, Greek and Latin historiography). Among al-Ḫabar's sources is Kitāb Hurūšiyūš, the Arabic translation of Paulus Orosius' Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII. This source has only been preserved in one defective copy, and al-Maqrizi's text helps to fill in some of its lacunae." Al-Maqri¿¿zi¿¿'s (d. 845/1442) last work, al-H¿ʼabar ¿¿an al-bas¿¿ar, was completed a year before his death. This volume, edited by Jaakko Ha¿meen-Anttila, covers the history of pre-Islamic Iran from the Creation to the Parthians. Al-Maqri¿¿zi¿¿'s work shows how Arab historians integrated Iran into world history and how they harmonized various currents of historiography (Middle Persian historiography, Islamic sacred history, Greek and Latin historiography). Among al-H¿ʼabar' s sources is Kita¿¿b Huru¿¿s¿¿iyu¿¿s¿¿, the Arabic translation of Paulus Orosius' Historiarum adversum paganos libri vii. This source has only been preserved in one defective copy, and al-Maqri¿¿zi¿¿'s text helps to fill in some of its lacunae Al-Maqrīzī's (d. 845/1442) last work, al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, was completed a year before his death. This volume, edited by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, covers the history of pre-Islamic Iran from the Creation to the Parthians. Readership: All interested in Mamluk historiography or pre-Islamic history of Iran.