La Description de Damas d’Ibn ‘Asakir. (Historien mort à Damas en 571/1176).
Author: Elisseeff, Nikita./ Ibn Asakir.
Publisher:
Institut Francais De Damas
Edition:
1
Language:
French,
Reference ID:
H17189
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DESCRIPTION
8 vo. lxviii, 380 pp, 2 folding plans at rear, publisher’s original wrappers, copy in perfect condition, biblio, index, errata, Institut Francais De Damas, first French edition, 1959. Note: Ibn Asakir (1105-1176) was a Damascene historian. He wrote History of Damascus (Arabic: Tarikh Dimashq) which is one of the most important books about the Islamic history of Syria, covering the life of important figures who resided in or visited Damascus. The text was translated into French by Nikita Elisséeff (1915-1997) the Russian French linguist and orientalist.