Tarikh al-Khulafa (History of the Caliphs)
A history by Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti presenting the lives of the Muslim caliphs in chronological order, from the Rightly Guided Caliphs to the Abbasid caliphs of the author's own time. For each caliph al-Suyuti records the main events of his reign, his deeds, the scholars and notable figures of his time, and the account of his death. The book is one of the best-known sources on Islamic history and the lives of the caliphs; scholars and editors have given it much attention, and it has appeared in many editions.
Al-Suyuti (Jalal al-Din Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr)