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The Church Fathers · c. 687
The Book of Main Points
Ktaba d-rish melle
John bar Penkaye · 7th century
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What it is
A world history in fifteen books whose last section covers the author's own lifetime — the Arab conquests, a civil war among the conquerors, and a plague.
Why it lasted
The most detailed contemporary Christian account of the first decades of Islamic rule.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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