Paris, Sinbad, 1981. 414 pp. Softcover. (La bibliothèque de l'Islam. Textes).Translation of: Ta'rih ar-rusul wa al-muluk. Translated from the Persian version into French by Hermann Zotenberg. - - al-Tabari (Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir at-Tabari (Amol (Iran), 839 - Baghdad, 923) was an Islamic historian and Quranic scholar. His primary discipline was Islamic law (fiqh) and during his time in Baghdad he established his own school of jurisprudence (madhhab). Tabari owes his name to the Iranian province in which he was born: Tabaristan on the Caspian Sea.