Tarikh al Khulafa : Arabic

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Tarikh al Khulafa : Arabic, New,
*[A4] Hardback - 470 pages,
by Imam Jalal al-Din 'Abd ar-Rahman al-Suyuti,
Tahqiq : Muhammad Abu Fadl Ibrahim,
Published by Al-Maktaba Al-Assrya

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Description :

Tarikh al-Khulafa - The History of the Caliphs; this classical work presents authentic hadith about the first four Khalifahs of Islam, may Allah be pleased with them, illustrating both the integrity and wisdom that they displayed in governance. It also includes biographies of all of the subsequent caliphs of Islam up until those contemporary with the author himself, as well as accounts of peripheral competing caliphates and dynasties.

Contents include :

---Detailed histories, covering caliphs :-
------ Abu Bakr al-Siddiq,
------ Umar ibn al-Khattab,
------ Uthman bin Affan,
------ Ali bin Abi Talib,
------ and Hasan bin Ali.
---The Banu Ummayyah dynasty, sketches for each caliph, including summaries of their characters, how they came to power, key events during their rule and their demise.
---The Ummayad dynasty Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan his son Yazid his son Muawiyah who ruled for 40 days before civil disturbances led the companion Abdullah bin Zubayr to temporarily become Caliph.
---Abdul Malik bin Marwan and his until Marwan al-Himar,
---Abbasid Rulers starting with Abu’l Abbas al-Saffah,
---The Egyptian Caliphate following the Mongol occupation of Baghdad, ending with Al Mutawakkil A'la'llah Abu 'Izz who died in the year 903 Hijri (29 September 1497),
---Imam Suyuti ends this book with a two page overview of the rulers of the Umayyad dynasty of Spain.

The Author:

Imam Jalal al-Din as-Suyuti: `Abd al-Rahman ibn Kamal al-Din Abi Bakr, Jalal al-Din al-Misri al-Suyuti al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari, also known as Ibn al-Asyuti (849-911), the mujtahid imam and renewer of the tenth Islamic century, foremost hadith master, jurist, Sufi, philologist, and historian, he authored works in virtually every Islamic science.