Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Translator's Foreword The Events of the Year 15 (cont'd) (636/637) The Battle of Burs The Battle of Babil The Story of Bahurasir in the Month Dhu al-Hijjah of the Year 15 (January 637) as Related by Sayf The Events of the Year 16 (637/638) The Remainder of the Account of the Muslims' Entering the City of Bahurasir The Report Concerning al-Mada'in al-Quswa, That Is, That Part (on the East Bank of the Tigris) in Which the King Had His Residence Mention of the Booty Amassed from the People of al-Mada'in How the Booty Acquired at al-Mada'in Was Distributed among the People Present at Its Conquest, Who Numbered, as Sayf Claims, in All Sixty Thousand The Report about the Battle of Jalula' al-Waqi'ah The Account of the Conquest of Takrit The Account of the Conquest of Masabadhab The Account of the Battle That Took Place at Qarqisiya The Events of the Year 17 (638/639) The Reason Why Those Muslims Who Moved from al-Mada'in to al-Kufah Did So, and the Reason for Their Planning of al-Kufah, According to Sayf The Account Is Resumed Once More by Sayf The Redivision of the People into 'Irafahs The Conquest of al-Mada'in before the Founding of al-Kufah The Story of Hims When the Byzantine Commander Marched on Its Muslim Occupants The Conquest of al-Jazirah 'Umar's Journey to Syria Variant Features of the Story of the Plague of 'Amawas and the Uncertainty as to the Year That It Occured Sayf's Account of 'Umar's Last Trip to Syria and How He Introduced New Ideas for the Well-Being of the Muslims An Account of the Campaign of Khalid and 'Iyad An Account of the Circumstances Leading to the Conquest of al-Ahwaz and of Him Who Carried It Out The Conquest of Tustar The Raid into Fars The Conquest of Ramhurmuz, al-Sus, and Tustar The Conquest of al-Sus What Happened between the Muslims and the Inhabitants of Jundaysabur The Events of the Year 18 (639/640) The Events of the Year 19 (640) The Events of the Year 20 (640/641) The Campaigns of the Muslims and Other Matters The Conquest of Misr and Alexandria The Events of the Year 21 (641/642) The Battle of the Muslims and the Persians at Nihawand The Account Is Resumed Once More by Sayf Appendix I. The Poetry and Saj' in This Volume Appendix II. A Modern Description of Tustar Bibliography of Cited Works Index