al-Baladhuri, Ahmad ibn Yahya,  d. 892., <br/><br/>
The origins of the Islamic state / 
Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri ; being a translation from the arabic accompanied with annotations geographic and historic notes of the Kitab Futuh Al-Buldan of Imam abu-l Abbas Ahmad ibn-Jabir al-Baladhuri by Philip Khuri Hitti 
 - Beirut :  Khayats,  1966 
 - 518 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Reprint of v. 1 of the 2-vol. translation first published 1916-24, which was issued also as thesis, Columbia University. 
<br/><br/>Bibliographical footnotes. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Islamic Empire--History