8vo. xxii, 387 pp., [1], / [1], 391- 804 pp., [7], half-titles, 5 folding maps, publisher’s original wrappers, biblio, index, set in mint condition, Volume I UNCUT, As New, Institut Français de Damas, first edition, 1986-1989.

Synopsis

A PHD thesis presented at the University of Paris in 1984. A major work covering the period between 969-1076 when the Fatimid caliphs took control of Syria. this work is based on Arab Mediaeval chronicles.