History of Damascus (book)

Tarikh Dimashq
AuthorIbn Asakir
LanguageArabic
SubjectHistory, Biography, Hadith
PublisherDar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya
Publication date
2012
Publication placeLebanon
Pages21568
ISBN9782745160966

The History of Damascus (Arabic: تاريخ دمشق, romanizedTarikh Dimashq) is a major classical Islamic encyclopedic work and is considered the largest biographical dictionary produced in history by a medieval Muslim historian, Ibn Asakir.[1][2][3]

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