History of the Caliphs
15-century Arabic book by Al-Suyuti / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
History of the Caliphs (Arabic: تاريخ الخلفاء, romanized: Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ) is a book written by al-Suyuti (c. 1445-1505), the classic Sunni scholar. It was published in English in 1881 in Calcutta and republished in English at Oriental Press in 1970.
For the work attributed to Ibn Qutayba (died 889), see al-Imama wa al-siyasa.
The book covers several periods: