1st Edition
The Conquest of al-Andalus A Translation of Fatḥ al-Andalus
Introduction
Translation and Commentary
Appendix: Translations of Some Comparative Latin and Arabic Source Materials
A Glossary of Arabic Terms
Basic Timeline
Bibliography
Index of Place Names
Index of Individual Names
Biography
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi is an Arabic translator and a Milstein Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum. He completed his PhD at Swansea University where he focused on the role of historical narratives in Islamic State propaganda, including narratives of medieval Iberia. He has published Arabic translations and studies of the medieval Latin works Historia Arabum and De Statu Sarracenorum in Jordan as well as English translations of some modern Arabic works with al-Mustafa University in Qom, the most recent being al-Fua and Kafariya: A Story of Glory and Defiance.
‘… this translation … should achieve its aim of finding a new readership for the Arabic chronicles of al-Andalus, as well as persuading scholars to take another look at the Fath al-Andalus in particular’ - Al-Masaq.
‘In conclusion, al-Tamimi has done a service to medieval studies by providing an English translation of an early history of al-Andalus that can be instructively read with other contemporary narratives. The book with its introduction, notes, appendix, and bibliography makes Fatḥ al-Andalus intelligible to the non-specialist and suggests ways in which readers may pursue their interests further’ - The Medieval Review.
'General readers and scholars alike will welcome the readability and the excellent scholarly apparatus of The Conquest of al-Andalus' - Middle East Quarterly.
