The Rashidun Era in Al-Ya'qubi's Book of Countries (d. 292 AH/914 AD)

Abstract

Historians have been interested in studying Islamic history across various historical periods, documenting political, social, economic, and cultural events and facts that resulted in a distinct scientific boom. This was reflected in valuable positive aspects, as religious sciences developed after the spread of Islam at the hands of conquerors. The principles of the true Islamic religion, based on the Holy Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah, were disseminated throughout the Islamic East, becoming a center of cultural and civilizational influence and a link between it and the Islamic Maghreb.

Hence, we were keen to ensure that the subject of this research, titled "The Rashidun Era in the Book of Al-Buldan by Al-Ya'qubi (d. 292 AH/914 AD)," sheds light, to some extent, on the events of Islamic history during the Rashidun Era, which extended from 11-40 AH/633-662 AD, addressing the Islamic conquests in the Islamic East, beginning with the lands of Sawad, Kufa, Basra, and other cities located east of the center of the Islamic Caliphate, extending to the lands of Sindh.