Title(s):
- History
- كتاب الحسن في التاريخ(kitāb ḥasan fī ’l-ta’rīkh, A fine book on history)
Period covered:
Creation-Caliph al-Muktafi (902-908)
Language:
Arabic
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
- Chronicle (narrative chronicle)
Remarks:
In his Book of admonition and revision, Al-Masudi refers to Qays the Maronite as the author of 'a fine book on history/chronology, the origin of the world, the prophets, the books, the cities, the nations, the kings of the Greek and others, and their stories'.
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