The Church Fathers · c. 687
The Book of Main Points
Ktaba d-rish melle
John bar Penkaye · 7th century
What it is
A world history in fifteen books whose last section covers the author's own lifetime — the Arab conquests, a civil war among the conquerors, and a plague.
Why it lasted
The most detailed contemporary Christian account of the first decades of Islamic rule.
Where to read it
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These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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