Continuatio of the Samaritan Chronicle of Abu I-Fath al-Samiri al-Danafi

Annotated Translation

Edited by Milka Levy-Rubiin

Book cover: Continuatio of the Samaritan Chronicle of Abu I-Fath al-Samiri al-Danafi

Extent: 215 pages

Publisher: Gerlach Press

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Medieval Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2021)

ISBN: 9783959941044

Price: $117.00

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A complete facsimile edition with translation into English and full editorial and explanatory annotation of the previously unedited Samaritan Middle Arabic sequel to the Kitab al-Ta’rikh by Ab? l-Fat? al-S?mir? al-Dinf? (d. ca. 1355).


A complete facsimile edition of the previously unedited Samaritan sequel to the Kitāb al-Taʾrīkh by Abī l-Fatḥ Ibn Abī l-Ḥasan al-Sāmirī al-Danafī (d. ca. 1355). The edition of this chronicle photographically reproduces Paris BN Ms. Samaritain 10 (pp. 203-264), which, written in Middle Arabic, seems easily readable but poses a plethora of editorial problems. The editor entitled the work a Continuatio, and translated it into English with full editorial and explanatory annotation. The work describes the local history of the Samaritan people in Palestine up to the 10th century and contains valuable information about major political events presented, according to caliphates up to al-Rāḍī (d. 934). “Il appert que la Continuatio est une important source historique” (Claude Gilliot)

  • Edited by Milka Levy-Rubiin