Abu l-Fath

Abu l-Fath

Abu l-Fath, Ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Samiri al-Danafi was a fourteen century Samaritan chronicler, writing in Arabic. His major work is "Kitab al-Ta'rikh".

The work was commissioned in 1352 by Pinḥas, Samaritan high priest, and begin in 1356. It is a compilation of Samaritan history from cited earlier sources. [Alan David Crown, Reinhard Pummer, Abraham Tal, "A Companion to Samaritan Studies" (1993), p. 8.] , running from Adam to Mohammed [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13417a.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Samaritan Language and Literature ] ] . It was edited by Edward Vilmar as "Abulfathi annales Samaritani" (Gotha, 1856).

References

*P. Stenhouse, "The Kitab al-Tarikh of Abu 'l-Fath" (Sydney, 1985)
*Milka Levy-Rubin (translator), "Continuatio of the Samaritan Chronicle of Abu L'Fath Al Samiri Al Danafi" (2002)

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