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Abu l-Fath's Chronicle

Object identifier ARC_214
Type Item

Titles

Title
Inhalt der Chronik des Abu l-Fatah
Type
formal title
Title
Abu l-Fath's Chronicle 
Type
supplied title

Description

Summary of Abu l-Fath's, or Ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Samiri al-Danafi's, major work, Kitab al-Ta'rikh.

Notes

Abu l-Fath, or Ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Samiri al-Danafi, was a fourteenth century Samaritan chronicler, writing in Arabic. His major work is Kitab al-Ta'rikh. The work was commissioned in 1352 by Pinḥas, Samaritan high priest, and was begun in 1356. It is a compilation of Samaritan history from cited earlier sources,[1] running from Adam to Mohamed.[2]. It was edited by Eduard Vilmar as Abulfathi annales Samaritani (Gotha, 1856).  P. Stenhouse, The Kitab al-Tarikh of Abu 'l-Fath (Sydney, 1985)  Milka Levy-Rubin (translator), Continuation of the Samaritan Chronicle of Abu L'Fath Al Samiri Al Danafi (2002)

Languages

German

Samaritan

Arabic

Hebrew

Medium

paper

Archivistic typology and Extent

Extent
18
Archivistic typology
leaf/leaves

Dimensions in mm

Height
210
Width
165

Item

Individual