Al- Tabari: Volume 2, The Son and Grandsons of al-Man sur: The Reigns of al-Mahdi, al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid

This 1989 second volume of Professor Williams' translation of al-Tabari's vivid account of the early 'Abbasi empire focuses on its 'Golden Prime': the reigns of the son - al-Mahdi - and grandsons - al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid - of Caliph al-Mansur, the subject of the first volume. The translator has a rare knowledge of Islamic culture and literature.