This two-volume study explores the life of the Muslim scholar Ibn A?tham al-Kufi and his historical work, the Kitab al-futu? (Book of Conquests). This study re-contextualises Ibn A?tham within the early fourth/tenth century, highlighting his contributions to Islamic historiography.
Volume 2 (eISBN: 9783959941921) presents a new critical edition of the work's opening sections, focusing on the saqifa and ridda narratives, based on manuscripts kept at Forschungsbibliothek Gotha (Germany) and Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library in Patna (India).
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