Al-Bidaya wa l-Nihaya

Al-Bidaya wa l-Nihaya
Cover photo of al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya
AuthorIbn Kathir
LanguageArabic
GenreIslamic History
Publication date
14th century (original),
Publication placeMamluk Sultanate
Pages10125 pages (14 volumes)
ISBN978-9953520841

Al-Bidāya wa l-Nihāya (Arabic: البداية والنهاية, The Beginning and the End), sometimes also known as the Tārīkh Ibn Kathīr, is a work on Islamic history by the Sunni Muslim scholar Ibn Kathir (d. 1373).[1][2]

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  2. ^ Petry, Carl F. (26 May 2022). The Mamluk Sultanate. Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-108-47104-6. Retrieved 29 November 2022.