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| Baladhuri, al- |
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(äl-bälä´th r ) (KEY) , d. c.892, Arab historian. One of the most important Arab historians, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and enjoyed great influence at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. He traveled in Syria and Iraq, compiling information for his major works. He is regarded as a reliable source for the history of the early Arabs and the history of Muslim expansion. | 1 | | See his The Origins of the Islamic State (tr., 2 vol., 1916–24). | 2 |
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