The Meadows of Gold
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Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems (Arabic: مُرُوج ٱلذَّهَب وَمَعَادِن ٱلْجَوْهَر, Murūj aḏ-Ḏahab wa-Maʿādin al-Jawhar) is a 9th century history book by an Abbasid scholar al-Masudi. Written in Arabic and encompassing the period from the beginning of the world (starting with Adam and Eve) through to the late Abbasid era, the book contains historically documented facts, hadiths or sayings from reliable sources and stories, as well as poetry and anecdotes.
Author | Al-Masudi |
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Original title | مُرُوج ٱلذَّهَب وَمَعَادِن ٱلْجَوْهَر |
Translator | Paul Lunde, Caroline Stone and Aloys Sprenger |
Country | Medieval Iraq |
Language | Arabic, Translations: English, French |
Subject | History |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Lunde & Stone: Kegan Paul International |
Publication date | L&S: 1989 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
ISBN | 0-7103-0246-0 |
OCLC | 23145342 |
909/.097671 20 | |
LC Class | DS38.6 .M3813 1989 |
The Meadows of Gold is considered unique in medieval Islamic history. Due to its reliance on and references to Islam, the style of the book makes up an example of what constitutes Islamic historiography.