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3558 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 2: Prophets and Patriarchs. Trans. by Brinner. £44.75 HB £16.25 PB

3559 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 3: Children of Israel. Trans. by Brinner. £38.50 HB £16.25 PB

3560 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 4: The Ancient Kingdoms. Trans. by Perlmann. £44.75 HB £16.25 PB

3561 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 5: The Sasanid, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids and the Yemen. Trans. by Bosworth. Illus. with 5 maps.1999. £50.25 HB £17.25 PB

3562 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 6: Muhammad at Mecca. Trans. by Watt/McDonald. £38.50 HB £16.25 PB

3563 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 7: The Foundation of the Community. Trans. by McDonald/Watt. £46.50 HB £16.25 PB

3564 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 8: The Victory of Islam AD 626-630. Trans. by Fishbein. £51.00 HB £17.25 PB

3565 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vo. 9: The Last Years of the Prophet AH 8-11. Trans. by Poonawala. £46.50 HB £18.00 PB

3566 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 10: The Conquest of Arabia. Trans. by Donner. £38.50 HB £17.25 PB

3567 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol.11: The Challenge to the Empires AH 12-13. Trans. by Blankinship. £46.50 HB £18.75 PB

3568 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 12: The Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine AH 14-15. Trans. by Friedmann. £46.50 HB £18.00 PB

3569 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 13: The Conquest of Iraq's West Persia and Egypt AH 15-21. Trans. by Juynboll. £38.50 HB £18.00 PB

3570 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol.14: The Conquest of Iran AH 21-23. Trans. by Smith. £44.75 HB £16.25 PB

3571 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 15: The Crisis of the Early Caliphate AH 24-35. Trans. by Humphreys. £46.50 HB £18.75 PB

3572 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 16: The Community Divided: The Caliphate of 'Ali AH 35-36. Trans. by Brocket. 1997. £46.50 HB £17.25 PB

3573 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol.17: The First Civil War: From the Battle of Siffin to the Death of Ali. Trans. by Hawting. £44.75 HB £18.00 PB

3574 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 18: Between Civil Wars: The Caliphate of Mu'awiyah AH 40-60. Trans. by Morony. £38.50 HB £13.25 PB

3575 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 19: The Caliphate of Yazid AH 60-64. Trans. by Howard. £46.50 HB £18.00 PB

3576 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 20: The Collapse of Sufyanid Authority AH 64-66. Trans. by Hawting. £46.50 HB £18.00PB

3577 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 21: Victory of the Marwanids AH 66-73. Trans. by Fishbein. £46.50 HB £18.00 PB

3578 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 22: The Marwanid Restoration AH 74-81. Trans. by Rowson. £38.50 HB £17.25 PB

3579 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 23: The Zenith of the Marwanid House AH 81-96. Trans. by Hinds. £46.50 HB £18.00 PB

3580 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 24: The Empire in Transition AH 97-105. Trans. by Powers. £44.75 HB £17.25 PB

3581 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 25: The End of Expansion, Caliphate of Hisham AH 105-120. Trans. by Blankinship. £46.50 HB £17.25 PB

3582 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 26: The Waning of the Umayyad Caliphate AH 121-127. £46.50 HB £19.50 PB

3583 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 27: The Abbasid Revolution AH 126-132. Trans. by Williams. £38.50 HB £17.25 PB

3584 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 28: 'Abbasid Authority Affirmed: The Early Years of Al-Mansur AH 136-145. Trans. by McAuliffe. £50.25 HB £19.50 PB

3585 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 29: Al-Mansur and Al-Mahdi AH 146-169. Trans. by Kennedy. £44.75 HB £18.75 PB

3586 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 30: The Abbasid Caliphate in Equalibrium AH 169-193. Trans. by Bosworth. £46.50 HB £21.00 PB

3587 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 31: The War between Brothers AH 193-198. Trans. by Fishbein. £46.50 HB £18.75 PB

3588 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 32: The Reunification of the Abbasid Caliphate AH 192-213. Trans. by Bosworth. £44.75 HB £18.75 PB

3589 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 33: Storm and Stress along the Northern Frontiers of the Abbasid Caliphate AH 218-227. Trans. by Bosworth. £46.50 HB £18.00 PB

3590 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 34: Incipient Decline: The Caliphates of Al-Wathiq, Al-Mutawkkil and Al-Muntasir AH 227-248. Trans. by Kraemer. £46.50 HB £18.00 PB

3591 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 35: The Crisis of the Abbasid Caliphate AH 248-255. Trans. by Saliba. £38.50 HB £15.50 PB

3592 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 36: The Revolt of the Zanj AH 255-265. Trans. by Waines. £44.75 HB £17.25 PB

3593 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 37: The Abbasid Recovery AH 266-279. Trans. by Fields. £46.50 HB £16.25 PB

3594 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 38: The Return of the Caliphate to Baghdad AH 279-302. Trans. by Rosenthal. £44.75 HB £18.00 PB

3595 AL-TABARI The History of Al-Tabari, Vol. 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors: Al-Tabari's Supplement to His History. Trans. by Landau-Tassaron. £58.25 HB £21.75 PB

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