The Battle of Al-Qādisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine: A.d. 635-637/A.h. 14-15

Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992. xxii, 237 pages; 24 cm. Two very small scuffs to spine head and foot, extremely mild rubbing to corners, ownership brail stamp and extremely light soiling to first two front free endpaper, faint spotting to next two front endpapers, light soiling to top edge, extremely faint spotting to fore-edges, modest soiling and spotting to DJ, two small tears to DJ, else Very good(+) in good(+) DJ. Paperback. ISBN: 9780791407349, 9780791407332

Contents: The caliphate of ʻUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (cont'd). The events of the year 14 (635/636). The day of Armāth; The day of Aghwāth; The day of ʻImās; The night of al-Qādisiyyah; The account of Ibn Isḥāq; An account of the people of the Lowlands (ahl al-sawād); The building of al-Baṣrah. The events of the year 15 (636/637). The Battle of Marj al-Rūm; The conquest of Ḥimṣ; The story of Qinnasrīn; The departure of Heraclius for Constantinople; The conquest of Caesarea and the siege of Gaza; The conquest of Baysān and the Battle of Ajnādayn; The conquest of Jerusalem; The introduction of the pay system (ʻaṭāʼ) of the military register (dīwān). Notes: Translation of extracts from: Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk.