The Rise and Fall of the Saracen Empire; The History of the Saracens

Gibbon, Edward; Ockley, Simon

Published by Alex. Murray and Son, London, 1869

About this Item

Spine darkened, covers slightly bowed and soiled, but a scarce reprinting from Gibbons great work focusing on the period of history from " the death of Mahomet, 632, to that of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, 705." Ockley was the original author and his work was"based upon a manuscript in the Bodleian Library ascribed to the Arabic historian El-Wākidī, with additions from El-Mekīn, Abū-l-Fidā, Abū-l-Faraj, and others. Hamaker, however, has proved that the manuscript in question is not the celebrated ?Kitāb el-Maghāzī? of El-Wākidī, but the ?Futūh esh-Sham,? a work of little authority, which has even been characterised as ?romance rather than history?". Seller Inventory # 2422

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Rise and Fall of the Saracen Empire; The...

Publisher: Alex. Murray and Son, London

Publication Date: 1869

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG+

Edition: First Thus