📜History (Tarikh)
A comprehensive summary of the wonders of the news of kings
خلاصة السير الجامعة لعجائب أخبار الملوك
Author: نشوان بن سعيد الحميرى اليمني (المتوفى: 573هـ) (d. 573)
About this work
كتاب خلاصة السير الجامعة لعجائب أخبار الملوك للحميري نشوان هو مؤلف تاريخي يتناول سيرة ملوك حمير وأقوال اليمن مع شرح مفصل لأحداثهم ونسبهم. يشتمل على سرد لأقوال الأنبياء مثل هود، ووصاياهم، بالإضافة إلى ذكر غزوات وبناء المدن وتوزيع الممالك بين الأجيال. يهدف إلى جمع العجائب والوقائع المتعلقة بالملوك التبابعة مع توجيه نصائح أخلاقية للقراء. يُعَدّ مرجعاً يربط بين التاريخ والسيرة النبوية في إطار عربي قديم.
Translation
The book A Compendium of the Comprehensive Biography of the Wonders of the News of Kings by Al-Himyari Nashwan is a historical author that deals with the biography of the Himyarite kings and the sayings of Yemen with a detailed explanation of their events and lineage. It includes a narration of the sayings of prophets such as Hud, and their commandments, in addition to mentioning the conquests, building cities, and distributing kingdoms between generations. It aims to collect wonders and facts related to the vassal kings while providing moral advice to readers. It is considered a reference linking history and the Prophet’s biography in an ancient Arab context.
Topics covered
- The beginning of the book
- Lineage of Prophet Hud, peace be upon him
- Its sterility is very strong and there is disagreement about it
- Aad tribe
- Mention of Hud’s will, peace be upon him
- The death of Prophet Hud and the location of his grave
- Translated by Ubaid bin Shrih
- Qahtan bin Hood and his will
- Ya'arub bin Qahtan and the number of his children
- Mention of Ya'arub's will
- He denounces Ibn Ya'arab
- The will is denounced
- Saba bin denounces
- Conquests of Sheba
- He built the city of Egypt, which he called Babylon
- The dam was built
- The king divided it between his two sons, Himyar and Kahlan
- Bin B's lineage and poetry
- What was said about the age of Sheba
- The death of Sheba
- The first elegy spoken in the Arabs
- Himyar and Kahlan, sons of Sheba
- Himyar's will to his son Al-Hamisa
- Kahlan's support for Alhamsa
- Kahlan lamented that he dragged them to Hijaz
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خلاصة الوفا بأخبار دار المصطفى