Ascribed to the Egyptian scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (1445
1505), this medieval Arabic history was translated into English by
the orientalist James Reynolds (1805 66). An outstanding Islamic
polymath, al-Suyuti produced a large body of work in such fields as
grammar, rhetoric, theology, medicine and history. The present work
may have been compiled from his earlier General History and
Critical History of Traditions. It contains rich descriptions of
religious places and buildings in Jerusalem, including the Dome of
the Rock and the Mosque of Omar, and offers a historical account of
the city. First published in 1836 for the Oriental Translation Fund
of the Royal Asiatic Society, the translation was based on the text
of two Arabic manuscripts preserved in the British Museum.
Including a translator's preface and detailed exegetical notes,
this publication remains a rich source for the architectural and
topographical history of Jerusalem.
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