Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contains the edition and translation of the chapter of al-Maqrizi's al-H?abar ?an al-bašar dealing with Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Franks, and Goths. This chapter is, for the most part, an almost exact reproduction of Ibn Ḫaldun's Kitab al-?Ibar, from which al-Maqrizi derived material from many other sources, including prominent Christian sources such as Kitab Hurušiyuš, Ibn al-?Amid's History, and works by Muslim historians like Ibn al-Aṯir's Kamil. Therefore, this chapter of al-H?abar ?an al-bašar is a continuation of the previous Arabic historiographical tradition, in which European history is integrated into world history through the combination of Christian and Islamic sources.
