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Overview
"Tarikh al-Rusul wal-Muluk" (History of the Messengers and Kings), a general history by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, who died in 310 AH. It is arranged by Hijri years from the beginning of creation to the year 302 AH. 1
It begins with reports of the prophets, the ancient peoples and the kings of Persia. It then follows the caliphate, the conquests and the civil strife year by year. 1
Structure
The Dar al-Ma'arif edition runs to eleven volumes. The first and second volumes cover the reports of the period before Islam, without year markers. The Hijri years begin in the third volume (7 to 15 AH), and end in the tenth volume at the year 302 AH. 1
The year boundaries in each volume were extracted from the "dakhalat sanat" (the year has begun) markers by machine reading of the scan, and they need checking against the printed text. No year markers were found for the years 66 to 80 AH in the sixth volume.
People and things also explored
The Sira of Ibn Ishaq in Ibn Hisham's recension· Abraham and the one who argued with him about his Lord· al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· Delivery of the message and the limit of the Prophet's charge· Raising the foundations of the House: who built the Ka'ba· The religious bequest: submission until death· Badr as a sign and a lesson· Belief in the messengers without distinction
Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk (The History of Prophets and Kings)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/tarikh-al-rusul-wa-al-muluk/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.