Khalifa ibn Khayyat's History on the Umayyad Dynasty - 660-750
Khalifa ibn Khayyat's History on the Umayyad Dynasty - 660-750 Khalifa ibn Khayyat is the author of the earliest extant Arabic chronicle. After the death of each caliph it lists the persons who held…
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Khalifa ibn Khayyat's History on the Umayyad Dynasty - 660-750
Khalifa ibn Khayyat is the author of the earliest extant Arabic chronicle. After the death of each caliph it lists the persons who held office (as governors, judges and secretaries) during his reign; it also notes who led the pilgrimage in each year, the death of prominent persons (included those who died in major battles), and natural phenomena.Events are for the most part narrated quite briefly and the work was presumably intended as a useful guide to Islamic history and a complement to his biographical dictionary of scholars, which also survives. The work principally deals with fighting between Arab groups, external conquests, and administrative matters.
The translation is of a high standard and is well annotated. Carl Wurtzel translated the portion of Ibn Khayyat's chronicle that relates to the Umayyad period (AD 660-750) for his PhD thesis (Yale, 1977). The introduction is
The Dynasty
On the Judgment of History
The Deed: Dynasty