The chronography of Gregory Abû'l Faraj, the son of Aaron, the Hebrew physician, commonly known as Bar Hebraeus : being the first part of his political history of the world / translated from the Syriac by Ernest A. Wallis Budge.

  • Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286.
Date:
1932
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Credit: The chronography of Gregory Abû'l Faraj, the son of Aaron, the Hebrew physician, commonly known as Bar Hebraeus : being the first part of his political history of the world / translated from the Syriac by Ernest A. Wallis Budge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS LIST OF PLATES.xiii INTRODUCTION: THE LIFE OF BAR HEBRAEUS ....... XV THE WORKS OF BAR HEBRAEUS....... XXXii THE MAKHTEBHANUTH ZABHNE OR CHRONOGRAPHY OF BAR HEBRAEUS XXXvii BAR HEBRAEUS THE MAN ....... xliv THE MONASTERY OF MAR MATTAI ON JABAL MAKLUB . . . liii TRANSLATION THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE.i I. THE PATRIARCHS. FROM ADAM TO MOSES .... 3 II. THE JUDGES. FROM JOSHUA TO SAMUEL . . . *15 III. THE KINGS OF THE HEBREWS . . . . . -19 IV. THE CHALDEAN KINGS ....... 29 V. THE KINGS OF THE MEDES . . . . . -31 VI. THE KINGS OF THE PERSIANS . . . . . -33 VII. THE PAGAN GREEKS (YaWNAYE) . . . . -39 VIII. THE ROMAN EMPERORS ....... 47 IX. THE SECOND KINGDOM OF THE GREEKS . . . . 81 X. THE KINGS OF THE ARABS ...... 89 The Confession of Faith of the Tayyaye . . . .90 The Kingdom of the Saljuks in Persia . . . 195 The History of the Crusades ..... 234 The taking of Edessa from the Franks .... 268 The Kingdom of the Mughlaye (Mongols), who are the Tataraye (Tartars) ........ 352 The sons of Chingiz Khan . . . . . -353 The Laws of Chingiz Khan. . . . . *354 How the Mongols cleaved to the worship of images . -355 The cause of the enmity between the Mongols and the Persians 356 The capture of Constantinople by the Franks . . *357 The capture of Samarkand by the Tatars . . .381 The capture of Khawarazm . . . . .382 The murder of Amin ad-Dawlah Taoma .... 385 The death of Chingiz Khan ..... 390 The enthronement of a Mongol Khan .... 393 The kingdom of Badr ad-Din Lulu .... 399 The enthronement of Ghoyuk Khan . . . .410 The enthronement of Munga Khan . . . .416 The capture of Baghdad ...... 429 XI. THE KINGS OF THE HUNS . . . . . *433 The enthronement of Kublai Khan .... 438 ’Abaka, the successor of Hulabu (Hulagu) . . . 445 The capture of Antioch ...... 448 ’Arghon, the son of ’Abaka ...... 471 The murder of Shams ad-Din ..... 472 Kanjatu, the brother of ’Arghon . . . . • 491 [The history of the last ten years in the Chronography (pp. 475-511) was not written by Bar Hebraeusy who died in 1286; the writer was probably his brother Bar Sdzvma Safi.] INDEX . . . . . . . . . .511