C. Edmund Bosworth was a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and, until his retirement, Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester. He was the British Editor of the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, and wrote numerous books and articles on the history, culture and literature of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish lands of the Middle East and Central Asia in the pre-modern period. He was the recipient of the biennial Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award at the University of California, Los Angeles.

`This is an excellent annotated translation of this important historical text by a most qualified scholar.' - Farhad Daftary, Co-Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications, Institute of Ismaili Studies, `All in all this is a most useful publication which ... makes available one of the earliest examples of Persian historical literature and most important sources for the history of the Khurasan.' - The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionTranslation of the TextThe Arab GovernersThe Tahirids and SaffaridsThe Samanids The Early GhaznavidsNotesBibliographyIndices1. Persons, People, Tribes2. Places3. Technical Terms4. Book Titles

C. Edmund Bosworth was a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and, until his retirement, Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester. He was the British Editor of the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, and wrote numerous books and articles on the history, culture and literature of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish lands of the Middle East and Central Asia in the pre-modern period. He was the recipient of the biennial Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award at the University of California, Los Angeles.

`This is an excellent annotated translation of this important historical text by a most qualified scholar.' - Farhad Daftary, Co-Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications, Institute of Ismaili Studies, `All in all this is a most useful publication which ... makes available one of the earliest examples of Persian historical literature and most important sources for the history of the Khurasan.' - The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionTranslation of the TextThe Arab GovernersThe Tahirids and SaffaridsThe Samanids The Early GhaznavidsNotesBibliographyIndices1. Persons, People, Tribes2. Places3. Technical Terms4. Book Titles

C. Edmund Bosworth was a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and, until his retirement, Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester. He was the British Editor of the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, and wrote numerous books and articles on the history, culture and literature of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish lands of the Middle East and Central Asia in the pre-modern period. He was the recipient of the biennial Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award at the University of California, Los Angeles.

`This is an excellent annotated translation of this important historical text by a most qualified scholar.' - Farhad Daftary, Co-Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications, Institute of Ismaili Studies, `All in all this is a most useful publication which ... makes available one of the earliest examples of Persian historical literature and most important sources for the history of the Khurasan.' - The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionTranslation of the TextThe Arab GovernersThe Tahirids and SaffaridsThe Samanids The Early GhaznavidsNotesBibliographyIndices1. Persons, People, Tribes2. Places3. Technical Terms4. Book Titles