being a translation from the Arabic, accompanied with annotations, geographic and historic notes of the kitab futuh al-duldan of al-imam abu- l ʻAbbas Ahmad ibn-Jabir al-Baladhuri Baladhuri, Ahmad ibn Yahya creator author Murgotten, Francis Clark translator. Hitti, Philip Khuri translator. New Delhi Cosmo Publications 2012 eng 2 volumes (842 pages) ; 23 cm. The origins of the Islamic state: This classic historical work is an English translation of Kitāb Futūḥ al-Buldān by the ninth-century Muslim historian Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Balādhurī. It provides detailed accounts of the Arab-Muslim conquests and the development of the early Islamic state, covering regions including Arabia, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, Armenia, Egypt, North Africa, al-Andalus, and parts of Central and South Asia. The work records military campaigns, treaties, taxation, land administration, political arrangements, settlements, and relations between Muslim rulers and conquered peoples. Murgotten's translation, accompanied by geographical and historical annotations, makes the work an important source for understanding the expansion, administration, and political geography of the early Islamic world. v. 1. Arabia, Syria, Mesopotamia, Armenia, Northern Africa, Andalusia, Islands of the Sea, Nubia, al-Irāq and Persia, Media -- v. 2. Northern Media, Adharbaijān, Mosul, Jurjān and Tabaristān and their districts, districts of the Tigris, Khūzistān, Fārs and Kirmān, Sijistān and Kābul, Khurāsān, conquest of as-Sind, appendices. Francis Clark Murgotten. Translation of: Kitāb Futūḥ al-Buldān. Originally published by Columbia University in two parts, 1916 and 1924. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Islamic Empire History Muslim conquests Islamic countries History Caliphate History Islamic law History 953.02 BAL/O 9788130712338 (hardcover) IN-BhIIT 260901 20260901121006.0 11566