The Chronology of Ancient Nations: An English Version of the Arabic Text of the Athār-ul-Bākiya of Albīrūnī, Or "Vestiges of the Past" |
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Al-Biruni's Chronology of Ancient Nations in English (1879), Includes one of the most detailed descriptions of the Rabbinic and Karaite Jewish calendars.
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| Title | The Chronology of Ancient Nations: An English Version of the Arabic Text of the Athār-ul-Bākiya of Albīrūnī, Or "Vestiges of the Past" Volume 73 of Oriental Translation Fund Oriental Translation Fund, London. Publications |
| Author | Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī |
| Editor | Eduard Sachau |
| Translated by | Eduard Sachau |
| Publisher | Oriental translation fund of Great Britain & Ireland, 1879 |
| Length | 464 pages |
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