Ryan J. Lynch is Assistant Professor of History at Columbus State University, USA. A specialist in early Islamic history and early Arabic historiography, he received his DPhil from the University of Oxford. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of the American Oriental Society and in reference publications such as The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity.

• Introduction: The Early Arabic Historical Tradition and the Problematic Nature of the “NarrativeSources”Chapter 1: The Text of Futuh al-buldanChapter 3: The Sources of Futuh al-buldanChapter 4: The Content and Themes of the TextChapter 5: The Matter of Genre and the Classification of Futuh al-buldanChapter 6: The Medieval Reception and Reuse of the FutuhConclusion: A Portrait of AuthorityBibliography

Ryan J. Lynch is Assistant Professor of History at Columbus State University, USA. A specialist in early Islamic history and early Arabic historiography, he received his DPhil from the University of Oxford. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of the American Oriental Society and in reference publications such as The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity.

• Introduction: The Early Arabic Historical Tradition and the Problematic Nature of the “NarrativeSources”Chapter 1: The Text of Futuh al-buldanChapter 3: The Sources of Futuh al-buldanChapter 4: The Content and Themes of the TextChapter 5: The Matter of Genre and the Classification of Futuh al-buldanChapter 6: The Medieval Reception and Reuse of the FutuhConclusion: A Portrait of AuthorityBibliography

Ryan J. Lynch is Assistant Professor of History at Columbus State University, USA. A specialist in early Islamic history and early Arabic historiography, he received his DPhil from the University of Oxford. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of the American Oriental Society and in reference publications such as The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity.

• Introduction: The Early Arabic Historical Tradition and the Problematic Nature of the “NarrativeSources”Chapter 1: The Text of Futuh al-buldanChapter 3: The Sources of Futuh al-buldanChapter 4: The Content and Themes of the TextChapter 5: The Matter of Genre and the Classification of Futuh al-buldanChapter 6: The Medieval Reception and Reuse of the FutuhConclusion: A Portrait of AuthorityBibliography