Al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, Vol. V, Section 4: Persia and Its Kings, Part I

Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, PhD 1994, is the Iraq Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. His publications include Maqama (2002), The Last Pagans of Iraq (2006) and several articles on pre-Islamic Iran in Arabic sources.

"With his masterful edition and translation, Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila has set very high standards for future publications in the Bibliotheca Maqriziana series and beyond. On a broader scale, the volume constitutes a powerful demonstration of what philological research can and should look like in the twenty-first century. By showing what is possible, it underlines the urgent need for critical editions in a field that far too often settles for non-scholarly and faulty, albeit easily available "editions" of its primary sources." - Christian Mauder, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, in: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 82/1 (2019)

• List of PlatesAbbreviationsForewordPrefaceIntroduction1 al-Maqrīzī and the Ḫabar2 The Pre-Islamic History of Iran in Arabic and Persian Sources3 al-Maqrīzī’s Sources4 al-Maqrīzī and Orosius5 al-Maqrīzī’s Use of Sources6 Description of the Manuscripts7 Notes on the Translation8 NamesPlatesAbbreviations and SymbolsCritical Edition and Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, vol. V, section 4: Persia and Its Kings, Part IPersia and the Four Classes of Its KingsThe First Class, the PīšdādiansMention of the Second Class of Persians, the KayanidsThe Third Class of Persian (kings), the AšġāniansBibliographyList of Quoted ManuscriptsIndex of Qurʾānic VersesIndex of Prophetic TraditionsIndex of VersesIndex of Names (People and Places)Index of Quoted Titles in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašarIndex of Sources in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašarIndex of GlossesIndex of Technical TermsFacsimile of MS Fatih 4340 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), fols. 76b–127b, 47*a–b, 128a–131a