Description: This book provides an accessible translation and commentary on one of the key primary documents for the history of Western Persia and Iraq in the 11th and 12th centuries. Shedding light on many otherwise obscure aspects of the political history of the region, the book provides a more detailed context for the political history of the wider area.
Review Quotes:
"The translation is commendably readable, particularly given the Akhbar'"s often highly detailed treatment of events, amounting at times to a rapid succession of military operations or intrigues by Seljuqid viziers; the potential of the narrative to bewilder the reader is mitigated by a full but unfussy commentary, which draws on an impressive range of Arabic and Persian sources and secondary literature. We are indebted to Professor Bosworth for making this important history accessible to a much wider segment of the scholarly world."
Peter Jackon, Keele University