The History of al-Ṭabarī Volume XL

Index

Index by Alex V. Popovkin
Other Everett K. Rowson

Subjects: Religion
Series: SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies
Paperback : 9780791472521, 696 pages, June 2007
Hardcover : 9780791472514, 696 pages, June 2007

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Table of contents

Foreword
Preface
List of Volumes and Scholars
Guide to the Index
General Index
Index of Quranic Citations and Allusions
Errata et Emendanda

The index to the 39-volume History of al-Tabari.

Description

Completed in 1999 by a distinguished group of Arabists and historians of Islam, the annotated translation of al-Ṭabarī's History is arguably the most celebrated chronicle produced in the Islamic lands on the history of the world and the early centuries of Islam. This fortieth volume, the Index, compiled by Alex V. Popovkin under the supervision of Everett K. Rowson, serves as an essential reference tool. It offers scholars and general readers convenient access to the wealth of information provided by this massive work.

The Index comprises not only all names of persons and places mentioned by al-Ṭabarī, with abundant cross-referencing, but also a very broad range of subject entries, on everything from "pomegranates" to forms of "punishment." The volume includes a separate index of Quranic citations and allusions, as well as a list of errata and corrigenda to the entire translation.

Alex V. Popovkin is a professional indexer and Everett K. Rowson is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University.