Ish ma al-Khulafa wal-Muluk
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Ish ma al-Khulafa wal-Muluk: Sirah Mukhtasarah (Live with the Caliphs and Kings: A Brief Biography) is a historical work by مرزوق بن هياس الزهراني (Marzouq bin Hiyas al-Zahrani) that provides concise biographical profiles of Muslim caliphs and rulers across Islamic history .
Background and Publication
The work was published in its first edition in 1437 AH / 2015 CE . The author included an opening dedication to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, dated 4 Rabi' al-Awwal 1437 AH / 15 December 2015 CE, referencing regional events including the military intervention in Yemen and the establishment of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition .
Scope and Contents
The author opens the treatise with reflections on political authority and divine providence based on Quranic passages concerning the transfer of dominion . While noting that he addressed the biography of the Prophet Muhammad separately in his book al-Hadi wa-al-Muhtadi, he begins his detailed chronicle with the Rightly Guided Caliphs :
- أبو بكر الصديق (Abu Bakr al-Siddiq): Covering his full lineage, title Atiq, mother Umm al-Khayr Salma bint Sakhr, his role in the initial compilation of the Quran into a codex, and his death in Jumada al-Akhirah 13 AH at sixty-three years of age .
- عمر بن الخطاب (Umar ibn al-Khattab): Detailing his lineage from Banu Adi, his mother Hantama bint Hashim, his assumption of the title Amir al-Mu'minin, and his key institutional innovations, such as establishing the Hijri calendar, instituting the treasury (bayt al-mal), organizing the military register (diwan), founding garrison cities (amsar), and appointing judges across provincial administrative centers, up to his assassination by Abu Lu'lu'ah Fayruz in Dhu al-Hijjah 23 AH .
The book continues with successive dynastic rulers, including the Umayyad caliphs . Al-Zahrani cross-references these entries in his other scholarly works, such as citing his biographies of مروان بن الحكم (Marwan ibn al-Hakam) and سليمان بن عبد الملك (Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik) in his commentary on the Musnad of الدارمي (Sharh Musnad al-Darimi) .
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