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The
History of al-Tabari
The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
and the Conquest of
Syria and Palestine
The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the
Conquest of Syria and Palestine
Volume XII
Translated by Yohanan Friedmann
The present volume of the History of al-TabarT deals
with the years 14 and 15 of the Islamic era, which
correspond to A.D
. 635-637
. The nascent Islamic state
had just emerged victorious from the crisis that followed
the Prophet's death in
632 and
had suppressed what was
known as the
riddab
("
apostasy
")
rebellion in the
Arabian peninsula
.
Under the leadership of 'Umar b. al-
Khattab
,
the second caliph, or successor to the Prophet
Muhammad
,
the Muslims embarked on the conquests
that would soon transform the whole of the Middle East
and North
Africa
into an Arab empire. Most of the
present volume describes the battle of al-Qadisiyyah,
which took place on the border between the fertile Iraqi
lowlands
(al-sawid)
and the Arabian desert and resulted
in the decisive defeat of the Persian army. The Muslim
victory
at al-Qadisiyyah heralded the downfall of the
Sasanian dynasty
, which had
ruled Persia and Meso-
potamia since A.D., the third century
;
it also paved the
way for the conquest of Iraq and facilitated Islamic
expansion into Persia and beyond.
The volume
also deals with the conquest of Syria and
Palestine and the expulsion of the Byzantines from those
regions. Particular attention is devoted to the traditions
related to the conquest of Jerusalem at the hands of
'Umar
b. al-Khattab, the first Muslim prayer on the
Temple
Mount
,
and its transformation into an Islamic
sanctuary.
The volume
contains colorful descriptions of the various
battles
,
expatiations on the bravery of the Muslim
warriors
,
and portrayals of the futile negotiations
between the parties before the beginning of hostilities. It
thus provides the reader with a fascinating insight into
the later Muslim traditions related to these crucial events
of early Islamic
history.
ISBN
0-7914-0734-9
SUNY
Series in Near Eastern Studies
Said Amer Arpmand. Editor
9
780791
°
4073491
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The State University of New York Press
THE
HISTORY
OF AL-TA.BARE
AN ANNOTATED TRANSLATION
VOLUME XII
The Battle of al-Qddisiyyah and the
Conquest of Syria and Palestine
A.D. 635-637/
A.
H.
1
4
-1
5
e
The History
of al-Tabari
Editorial Board
Ihsan Abbas, University of Jordan, Amman
C. E. Bosworth, The University
of Manchester
Franz Rosenthal
, Yale University
Everett K
.
Rowson
, The University of Pennsylvania
Ehsan
Yar-Shater, Columbia University
(General Editor)
Estelle Whelan
,
Editorial Coordinator
Center for
Iranian Studies
Columbia University
SUNY
SERIES
IN NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
Said Amir Arjomand, Editor
The preparation of
this
volume was made possible
in part
by a
grant from the National Endownment for
the Humanities, an
independent federal
agency.

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