The legendary history of the early oonquests of the Muslims Show more
The translator says in a prose preface, which occupies the first four leaves of
the manuscript, and in which are inserted several poetical pieces of his
composition, that he had previously written a Turkish version of the life of the
Prophet, Rasūl ḥaz̤ratank sīrasī (رسول حضرتنک سیرسی), which he completed 790
The translation appears to have been divided into four volumes (Jild), two of
which, the first and the third, are contained in the present volume. Although the
original is referred to as Futūḥ al-Shām,
the translation comprises also the conquests of Egypt and Iraq
