AN

 

ABRIDGED TRANSLATION

 

OF THE

 

HISTORY OF ṬABARISTÁN

 

COMPILED ABOUT A. H. 613 (A. D. 1216)

 

BY

 

MUHAMMAD B. AL-ḤASAN B. ISFANDIYÁR,

 

BASED ON THE INDIA OFFICE MS.

 

COMPARED WITH TWO MSS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

 

BY

 

EDWARD G. BROWNE, M. A., M. B.,

 

SIR THOMAS ADAMS’ PROFESSOR OF ARABIC AND FELLOW OF PEMBROKE

 

COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, FELLOW

 

OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY.

 

PRINTED FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE

 

“E. J. W. GIBB MEMORIAL”.

 

LEYDEN: E. J. BRILL, IMPRIMERIE ORIENTALE.

 

LONDON: BERNARD QUARITCH, 15, PICCADILLY.

 

1905