The Meadows of Gold

Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems
AuthorAl-Masudi
Original titleمُرُوج ٱلذَّهَب وَمَعَادِن ٱلْجَوْهَر
TranslatorPaul Lunde, Caroline Stone and Aloys Sprenger
LanguageArabic, Translations: English, French
SubjectHistory
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherLunde & Stone: Kegan Paul International
Publication date
L&S: 1989
Publication placeMedieval Iraq
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
ISBN0-7103-0246-0
OCLC23145342
909/.097671 20
LC ClassDS38.6 .M3813 1989

Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems (Arabic: مُرُوج ٱلذَّهَب وَمَعَادِن ٱلْجَوْهَر, Murūj aḏ-Ḏahab wa-Maʿādin al-Jawhar) is a 10th century history book by an Abbasid scholar al-Masudi. Written in Arabic and encompassing the period from the beginning of the world (starting with Adam and Eve) through to the late Abbasid era, the book contains historically documented facts, hadiths or sayings from reliable sources and stories, as well as poetry and anecdotes.

The Meadows of Gold is considered unique in medieval Islamic history. Due to its reliance on and references to Islam, the style of the book makes up an example of what constitutes Islamic historiography.