Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Translator's Foreword Tables Table I. Genealogy of the Later Umayyads Table II. Genealogy of the Prophet's Family (The Shi'ah and the 'Abbasids) Maps Map I. Khurasan Map II. Transoxiana Map III. Syria in the Umayyad Period Map IV. Al-Kufah and Its Environs The Caliphate of Hisham The Events of the Year 121 (738/739) The Reason for [Zayd b. 'Ali's] Death, an Account of His Circumstances, and the Cause of His Rebellion The Raids of Nasr b. Sayyar The Events of the Year 122 (739/740) The Killing of Zayd b. 'Ali The Events of the Year 123 (740/741) The [Treaty with the Soghdians] and the Reason for It The Reason for Yusuf's Request and the Outcome of It An Account of [the Denunciation of Nasr] and of the Part Played in It by Hisham and Yusuf b. 'Umar The Events of the Year 124 (741/742) The Reason Why Bukayr b. Mahan Bought Abu Muslim The Events of the Year 125 (742/743) The Malady That Caused Hisham's Death Some Biographical Details about Hisham The Caliphate of al-Walid b. Yazid b. 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan The Events of the Year 125 (cont'd) (742/743) Some of the Reasons Why al-Walid Acceded to the Caliphate What Transpired between Yusuf and Nasr in the Matter [of Tribute] The Killing of Yahya b. Zayd b. 'Ali The Events of the Year 126 (743/744) The Reason for Yazid's Killing of al-Walid and the Manner of His Killing Part of the Account of al-Walid's Causing Disaffection among the Sons of His Two Uncles, Hisham and al-Walid The Killing of Khalid al-Qasri and the Reason for It The Caliphate of Yazid b. al-Walid The Events of the Year 126 (cont'd) (743/744) The Discords That Occurred The Uprising in Hims The Rebellion of the People of Palestine and Jordan and the Treatment They Received from Yazid b. al-Walid The Dismissal of Yusuf b. 'Umar and the Appointment of Mansur b. Jumhur (as Governor of Iraq) The Text of Marwan's Letter to al-Ghamr The Dismissal of Mansur b. Jumhur from the Post of Governor of Iraq The Discord between Nasr and al-Kirmani and What Had Caused It The Reason for Granting Safe-Conduct to al-Harith b. Surayj The Account of [Marwan's Rebellion] and of the Reason That Prompted Marwan to Oppose (Yazid) and Then to Give Allegiance to Yazid The Caliphate of Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. al-Walid and the Rise of Marwan II The Events of the Year 126 (cont'd) (743/744) The Events of the Year 127 (744/745) The Account of Marwan's Journey and What Caused the Battle [at 'Ayn al-Jarr] The Account of the Cause of the Uprising of 'Abdallah (b. Mu'awiyah) and of His Summoning the People to Himself The Account of the Affair of al-Harith and Nasr after al-Harith Came to See Him Appendix I. Problems of Translation Appendix II. Al-Walid's Letter Appointing His Two Sons, al-Hakam and 'Uthman, as His Successors Bibliography of Cited Works Index