History of the Prophets and Kings

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The History of the Prophets and Kings, more commonly known as Tarikh al-Tabari or Tarikh-i Tabari or The History of al-Tabari is an Arabic-language historical chronicle completed by the Muslim historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari in 915 AD, presenting a history of the entire world, all the way from its creation, down to the Abbasid era, up until the time when the text was completed. Al-Tabari's Tarikh is considered one of the most important sources for early Islamic history, and it appeared during an intense period of canonization of Islamic history, representing a culminating prism through which future Muslims read and learned about the past. According to Fred Donner, "it is reasonable to consider al-Ṭabarī's work as a representative product of the early Islamic historiographical tradition, if not, indeed, as the culmination and crowning glory of that tradition."

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