Table of Contents

Translator's preface; Introduction; 1. The caliphate of Abū Ja'far al-Mansūr, in the year 136 AH (745 AD); 2. The year 137 (27 June 754–15 June 755); The year 138 (16 June 755–4 June 756); 3. The year 139 (5 June 756–24 May 757); 4. The year 140 (25 May 757–13 May 758); 5. The year 141 (14 May 758–3 May 759); 6. The year 142 (4 May 759–21 April 760); 7. The year 143 (22 April 760–10 April 761); 8. The year 144 (11 April 761–31 March 762); 9. The year 145 (1 April 762–20 March 763); 10. The year 146 (21 March 763–9 March 764); 11. The year 147 (10 March 754–26 February 765); 12. The year 148 (27 February 765–15. February 766); 13. The year 149 (16 February 766–5 February 767); 14. The year 150 (6 February 767–25 January 768); 15. The year 151 (26 January 768–13 January 769); 16. The year 152 (14 January 769–3 January 770); 17. The year 153 (4 January 770–23 December 770); 18. The year 154 (24 December 770–12 December 771); 19. The year 155 (13 December 771–1 December 772); 20. The year 156 (2 December 772–20 November 773); 21. The year 157 (21 November 773–10 November 774); 22. The year 158 (11 November 774–30 October 775); Genealogy of 'Abbāsī family; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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Accounts of those who lived through the revolutionary rule of Abū Ja'far al-Mansūr woven by the great historiographer al-Tabarī (d. 923).