The Conquest of Syria : : Bibliotheca Indica / / W. Nassau Lees.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Lees, W. Nassau,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Kiraz Chronicles Archive
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (844 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Notes --; Emendanda --; Chapter 1 --; ADVERTISEMENT --; Chapter 2 --; Chapter 3 --; Chapter 4
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463215286; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463215286
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: W. Nassau Lees.

A representative of the Arabic genre known as “futuh reports,” The Conquest of Syria remains an important historical source although it is now recognized not to be the work of Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Omar Ibn Waqid al-Aslami (called al-Waqidi). This Arabic document, part history, part romantic reconstruction of the past, is one of the main sources narrating the Muslim conquest of Syria. A window into the world of early Muslim self-perception, these documents are a valuable historical source in the sense of being period pieces. Here the Arabic text is presented along with the partial notes and comments of W. Nassau Lees, a noted writer on Eastern culture.