Michael Lecker, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, studies the economic and social history of early Islam, with an emphasis on the life of the Prophet Muḥammad and the Jews of the Arabian Peninsula.Yaara Perlman is a PhD candidate at Princeton University, where she focuses on early Islamic history. In her dissertation, she seeks to extract historical details from genealogical evidence. She holds BA and MA degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• PrefaceList of PlatesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Idols in Conversion Reports2 Mecca3 Medina (Yaṯrib) (§ 110–117)4 Idols and TreasuriesNotes on the Edition and the TranslationPlatesAbbreviations and SymbolsCritical Edition and Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, vol. IV, Section 2: The Idols of the ArabsSection on the Idols of the Arabs [Their aṣnām and awṯān]WaddSuwāʿYaġūṯYaʿūqNasrHubalIsāf and NāʾilahSaʿdʿĀʾimḎū l-ŠaráRuḍāḌamārAl-Ḥarīš, Ṣaḫr, Šams, al-Bihām, al-Qayn, Šafr, al-Ḥibs, Ġayyān, Isāf, Samūl, Ḥusā, al-Ṭimm, al-SamḥSāf, al-Dībāǧ, al-ZabrHuzzamManāfDawārAl-FalsNuhmAl-SuʿayrAl-UqayṣirAl-ʿUrayfAl-ḤalālAḥmasʿAmm AnasAl-Šurayr, Ġanm, Ḏū l-KaffayniAl-ŠāriqMarsūġAl-BayḍāʾKulālAl-ḪamīsAl-MukayminYalīlBarkulānQursAl-ʿAbdAl-ǦuṯāFarrāḍZaʿbalAl-ǦalsadḤumāmʿAwḍSaqbSection on al-ǧibt and al-ṭāġūtAl-ʿUzzáAllātManātḎū l-KaʿabātḎū l-ḪalaṣahThe Kaʿbah of NaǧrānRiyāmAl-Qalīs/al-QullaysAl-HuǧamThe account of Ḏāt AnwāṭAnṣābRuḍāBussFire TempleAl-SaʿīdahBibliographyList of Quoted ManuscriptsIndex of Qurʾānic VersesIndex of Verses of PoetryIndex of Prophetic TraditionsIndex of Names (People and Places)Index of Technical TermsIndex of Quoted Titles in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašarIndex of Sources in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašarIndex of GlossesFacsimile of MS Fatih 4339 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), Fols. 30a–48b

Michael Lecker, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, studies the economic and social history of early Islam, with an emphasis on the life of the Prophet Muḥammad and the Jews of the Arabian Peninsula.Yaara Perlman is a PhD candidate at Princeton University, where she focuses on early Islamic history. In her dissertation, she seeks to extract historical details from genealogical evidence. She holds BA and MA degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• PrefaceList of PlatesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Idols in Conversion Reports2 Mecca3 Medina (Yaṯrib) (§ 110–117)4 Idols and TreasuriesNotes on the Edition and the TranslationPlatesAbbreviations and SymbolsCritical Edition and Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, vol. IV, Section 2: The Idols of the ArabsSection on the Idols of the Arabs [Their aṣnām and awṯān]WaddSuwāʿYaġūṯYaʿūqNasrHubalIsāf and NāʾilahSaʿdʿĀʾimḎū l-ŠaráRuḍāḌamārAl-Ḥarīš, Ṣaḫr, Šams, al-Bihām, al-Qayn, Šafr, al-Ḥibs, Ġayyān, Isāf, Samūl, Ḥusā, al-Ṭimm, al-SamḥSāf, al-Dībāǧ, al-ZabrHuzzamManāfDawārAl-FalsNuhmAl-SuʿayrAl-UqayṣirAl-ʿUrayfAl-ḤalālAḥmasʿAmm AnasAl-Šurayr, Ġanm, Ḏū l-KaffayniAl-ŠāriqMarsūġAl-BayḍāʾKulālAl-ḪamīsAl-MukayminYalīlBarkulānQursAl-ʿAbdAl-ǦuṯāFarrāḍZaʿbalAl-ǦalsadḤumāmʿAwḍSaqbSection on al-ǧibt and al-ṭāġūtAl-ʿUzzáAllātManātḎū l-KaʿabātḎū l-ḪalaṣahThe Kaʿbah of NaǧrānRiyāmAl-Qalīs/al-QullaysAl-HuǧamThe account of Ḏāt AnwāṭAnṣābRuḍāBussFire TempleAl-SaʿīdahBibliographyList of Quoted ManuscriptsIndex of Qurʾānic VersesIndex of Verses of PoetryIndex of Prophetic TraditionsIndex of Names (People and Places)Index of Technical TermsIndex of Quoted Titles in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašarIndex of Sources in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašarIndex of GlossesFacsimile of MS Fatih 4339 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), Fols. 30a–48b

Michael Lecker, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, studies the economic and social history of early Islam, with an emphasis on the life of the Prophet Muḥammad and the Jews of the Arabian Peninsula.Yaara Perlman is a PhD candidate at Princeton University, where she focuses on early Islamic history. In her dissertation, she seeks to extract historical details from genealogical evidence. She holds BA and MA degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• PrefaceList of PlatesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Idols in Conversion Reports2 Mecca3 Medina (Yaṯrib) (§ 110–117)4 Idols and TreasuriesNotes on the Edition and the TranslationPlatesAbbreviations and SymbolsCritical Edition and Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, vol. IV, Section 2: The Idols of the ArabsSection on the Idols of the Arabs [Their aṣnām and awṯān]WaddSuwāʿYaġūṯYaʿūqNasrHubalIsāf and NāʾilahSaʿdʿĀʾimḎū l-ŠaráRuḍāḌamārAl-Ḥarīš, Ṣaḫr, Šams, al-Bihām, al-Qayn, Šafr, al-Ḥibs, Ġayyān, Isāf, Samūl, Ḥusā, al-Ṭimm, al-SamḥSāf, al-Dībāǧ, al-ZabrHuzzamManāfDawārAl-FalsNuhmAl-SuʿayrAl-UqayṣirAl-ʿUrayfAl-ḤalālAḥmasʿAmm AnasAl-Šurayr, Ġanm, Ḏū l-KaffayniAl-ŠāriqMarsūġAl-BayḍāʾKulālAl-ḪamīsAl-MukayminYalīlBarkulānQursAl-ʿAbdAl-ǦuṯāFarrāḍZaʿbalAl-ǦalsadḤumāmʿAwḍSaqbSection on al-ǧibt and al-ṭāġūtAl-ʿUzzáAllātManātḎū l-KaʿabātḎū l-ḪalaṣahThe Kaʿbah of NaǧrānRiyāmAl-Qalīs/al-QullaysAl-HuǧamThe account of Ḏāt AnwāṭAnṣābRuḍāBussFire TempleAl-SaʿīdahBibliographyList of Quoted ManuscriptsIndex of Qurʾānic VersesIndex of Verses of PoetryIndex of Prophetic TraditionsIndex of Names (People and Places)Index of Technical TermsIndex of Quoted Titles in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašarIndex of Sources in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašarIndex of GlossesFacsimile of MS Fatih 4339 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), Fols. 30a–48b