Table of Contents

Preface Translator's Foreword Abbreviations Tables 1. Genealogy of 'Abbasid Caliphs (A.D. Ninth Century) 2. Genealogy of the Khaqanids 3. Genealogy of the Tahirids Maps 1. Armenia, Adharbayjan, Arran 2. Samarra The Caliphate of Harun al-Wathiq Abu Ja'far The Events of the Year 227 (841/842) (cont'd) The Events of the Year 228 (842/843) The Events of the Year 229 (843/844) The Reason for al-Wathiq's Action against the Secretaries This Year The Events of the Year 230 (844/845) An Account of the Dispatch of Bugha al-Kabir to the Tribesmen The Events of the Year 231 (845/846) The Reason for the Liquidation of the Banu Sulaym and Its Consequences The Reason for the Rebellion of the Baghdad Group and the Consequence of Their Action and That of Ahmad b. Nasr The Reason for the Prisoner Exchange and How It Took Place The Events of the Year 232 (846/847) The Reason for Bugha the Elder's March against the Banu Numayr and What Took Place between Them An Account of the Illness from Which al-Wathiq Died A Portrayal of al-Wathiq, His Years, and the Extent of His Caliphate Some Reports about al-Wathiq The Caliphate of Ja'far al-Mutawakkil 'ala-llah The Events of the Year 232 (846/847) (cont'd) The Occasion of Ja'far's Becoming Caliph and the Period of His Caliphate The Events of the Year 233 (847/848) The Reason for al-Mutawakkil's Anger at Muhammad b.al-Zayyat and Its Consequences The Events of the Year 234 (848/849) The Reason for Muhammad b. al-Ba'ith's Escape and the Consequences of His Affair The Reason for Itakh's Pilgrimage This Year The Events of the Year 235 (849/850) How Itakh Was Killed The Events of the Year 236 (850/851) The Killing of Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Mus'ab and How It Took Place The Events of the Year 237 (851/852) The Cause of the Revolt by the Inhabitants of Armenia against Yusuf b. Muhammad What Was Done with Ahmad b. Nasr and the Result of This The Events of the Year 238 (852/853) Bugha's Role in the Defeat of Ishaq b. Isma'il The Events of the Year 239 (853/854) The Events of the Year 240 (854/855) The Cause for the Revolt of the Inhabitants of Hims. and Its Result The Events of the Year 241 (855/856) The Role of the Inhabitants of Hims. in the Revolt against Muhammad b. 'Abdawayh and Its Consequence for Them The Reason for Flogging 'Isa b. Ja'far b. 'Asim and the Caliph's Role in This The Reason for the Prisoner Exchange The Affair of the Bujah and Its Consequences The Events of the Year 242 (856/857) The Events of the Year 243 (857/858) The Events of the Year 244 (858/859) The Events of the Year 245 (859/860) The Cause of Najah b. Salamah's Demise The Events of the Year 246 (860/865) The Events of the Year 247 (865/862) The Reason for al-Mutawakkil's Murder and How It Took Place Some Things about al-Mutawakkil and His Way of Life The Caliphate of al-Muntasir Muhammad b. Ja'far The Events of the Year 247 (865/862) (cont'd) The Events of the Year 248 (862/863) The Reason for Dispatching Wasif to Byzantium and His Role The Abdication of al-Mu'tazz and al-Mu'ayyad The Illness That Caused al-Muntasir's Death, the Time When He Died, and How Long He Lived Something of al-Muntasir's Conduct Bibliography of Cited Works Index