Late Antique Historiography

List of Arab kings until Al-Walid

Title(s):
  • List of Arab kings until Al-Walid
  • ܫܪܒܐ ܕܡ̇ܚܘܐ ܥܠ ܡ̇ܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܛܝ̈ܝܐ ܘܕܟܡܐ ܡܠܟ̈ܐ ܗܘܼܘ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܘܕܟܡܐ ܐܚܕܘ ܟܠܚܕ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܐܪܥܐ ܒܬܪ ܚܒܪܗ ܩܕܡ ܕܢܡܘܬ
    (šarbā d-maḥwā ‘al malkūtā d-ṭayāyē w-da-kmā malkē hwaw men-hūn w-da-kmā ’eḥadw kul-ḥad men-hūn ’ar‘ā bātar ḥabreh qdem da-nmūt, History of the affliction of the kingdom of the Arabs, how many kings remained among them and how long each of them held the land after another (king) before he died.)
  • List of caliphs
  • List of the Arab rulers, from Muhammad to al-Walid I
  • Catalogue suivant des rois des Taiyayés
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Period covered:
621-705
Language:
Syriac
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • List (rulers)
Remarks:
Palmer (1993: 44) suggests to date the composition of the list from 705 to 715 (time of the caliphate of Walid I). Unlike Anonymus, List of Arab kings until Yezid II in the manuscript London, British Library, Additional 14643, the length of Muhammad's rule (10 years) coincides with the report of Jacob of Edessa in his Chronicle. Palmer (1993: 50) suggests that the list is derived from his Chronicle.
Edition - Translation:
  • J.P.N. Land (1868) Anecdota Syriaca. Volume Two. Leiden: 11.
  • F. Nau (1915) 'Un colloque du patriarche Jean avec l'émir des Agaréens et faits divers des années 712-716 d'après le ms. Du British Museum Add. 17193'. Journal asiatique 11.5: 225-279, esp. 226.
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