Gamharat Al Nasab (THREE VOLUMES)

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Vol.1: 435 pp./ Vol.2: 427/ Vol.3: 638 pp. of Arabic text; Edited & Introduced by Mahmud Firdaws Al-Azm; Hardback binding; index; set clean and in very good condition. Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi (737 AD - 819 AD/204 AH), also known as Ibn al-Kalbi was an Arab historian. He collected information about the genealogies and history of the ancient Arabs. According to the Fihrist, he wrote 140 works. His account of the genealogies of the Arabs is continually quoted in the Kitab al-Aghani._x000d_ Ibn al Kalbi established a genealogical link between Ishmael and Mohammed and put forth the idea that all 'Arabs' were all descendants of Ishmael. He relied heavily on the ancient oral traditions of the Arabs, but also quoted writers who had access to Biblical and Palmyran sources. His book Djamharat al Nasab ("The Abundance of Kinship") was translated into German by W. Caskel (Das genealogische Werk des Hisam Ibn Muhammad al Kalbi) in 1966.