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"The Seventh Century in the West-Syrian Chronicles" makes accessible to a wide public sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. The general introduction enables a newcomer to the field to establish his bearings before tackling the texts.
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Although less well-known than Arab or Palestinian nationalism, Pan-Syrian nationalism-the dream of creating a Greater Syria out of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and a portion of Turkey-has had a profound effect on Middle Eastern politics since the end of World War I. This book provides the first comprehensive account of this intriguing, important, and little understood ideology.
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Jamais des preuves aussi accablantes de crimes de guerre et de crimes contre l’humanité n’avaient été divulguées alors qu’un conflit se poursuit. En Syrie un homme l’a fait. Son nom de code ? César. Ce photographe de la police militaire a risqué sa vie pour exfiltrer, pendant deux ans, 45 000 photos et documents de détenus torturés à mort. Il n’est jamais apparu devant des médias. En janvier 2015, dans le magazine américain Foreign Affairs, le président Bachar el-Assad a affirmé que ce photographe militaire n’existait pas : « Qui a pris ces photos ? Qui est-il ? Personne ne sait. Aucune vérification de ces preuves n’a été faite. Ce sont des allégations sans preuves. » César existe. L’auteur de ce livre a passé des dizaines d’heures avec lui. Son témoignage est exceptionnel. L’enquête sur le fonctionnement de la machine de mort syrienne, qui étaye son récit, est une plongée dans l’indicible.

• Introduction
• 1 Summary of al-Azdi's Futuh al-Sham
• 2 The compiler-author and his work
• 3 Policies of translation
• 4 Translation.
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This book narrates the battles, conquests and diplomatic activities of the early Muslim fighters in Syria and Iraq vis-a-vis their Byzantine and Sasansian counterparts. It is the first English translation of one of the earliest Arabic sources on the early Muslim expansion entitled Futuh al-Sham (The Conquests of Syria). The translation is based on the Arabic original composed by a Muslim author, Muhammad al-Azdi, who died in the late 8th or early 9th century C.E. A scientific introduction to al-Azdi's work is also included, covering the life of the author, the textual tradition of the work as well as a short summary of the text's train of thought. The source narrates the major historical events during the early Muslim conquests in a region that covers today's Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Iraq in the 7th century C.E. Among these events are the major battles against the Byzantines, such as the Battles of Ajnadayn and al-Yarmuk, the conquests of important cities, including Damascus, Jerusalem and Caesarea, and the diplomatic initiatives between the Byzantines and the early Muslims. The narrative abounds with history and Islamic theological content. As the first translation into a European language, this volume will be of interest to a wide range of readership, including (Muslim and Christian) theologians, historians, Islamicists, Byzantinists, Syrologists and (Arabic) linguists.
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• 1. al-Iʻlām bi-faḍāʼil al-Shām lil-Imām Abī Isḥāq ibn al-Firkāḥ al-Farāzī al-Shāfiʻī, al-mutawaffá sanat 729 H
• 2. Mukhtaṣar al-Iʻlām bi-faḍāʼil al-Quds wa-al-Shām lil-Imām Nūr al-Dīn ibn Ghānim al-Maqdisī, al-mutawaffá sanat 1004 H
• 3. Risālah fī taʻyīn qabr Mūsá ʻalayhi al-salām li-Abī Isḥāq ibn Firkāḥ al-Farāzī al-Shāfiʻī, al-mutawaffá sanat 729 H
• 4. Tuḥfat al-ḥabīb bi-akhbār al-thathīb lil-Imām Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn Ṭūlūn al-Ḥanafī sanat 953 H
• 5. Risālah fī tafsīr qawlihi taʻālá (wa-udhkur fī al-Kitāb Mūsá) li-Ibn Kaykaldī al-ʻAlāʼī al-Shāfiʻī, al-mutawaffá sanat 761 H
• 7. Nubdhah fī bināʼ Dimashq al-Shām lil-Shaykh Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm al-Shāfiʻī al-Maydānī, al-maʻrūf bi-al-Bayṭār, al-mutawaffá sanat 1272 H.

Syria (which in its historical wider sense includes modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine and Jordan) has always been at the centre of events of world importance. It was in this region that pastoral-stock rearing, settled agriculture and alphabetic writing were invented (and the dog domesticated). From Syria, Phoenician explorers set out to explore the whole Mediterranean region and sailed round Africa 2,000 years before Vasco de Gama. These are achievements enough but the succeeding centuries offer a rich tapestry of turbulent change, a cycle of repeated conquest, unification, rebellion and division. John D Grainger gives a sweeping overview (though replete with telling details) of the making of this historical region. From the end of the ice age through the procession of Assyrian, Phoenician, Persian, Greek, Roman, Arab, Turkish, French and British attempts to dominate this area, the key events and influences are clearly explained and analysed. The events playing out on our TV screens over recent years are put in the context of 12,000 years of history.
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