About Abu l-Fath
Abu l-Fath was a writer and chronicler.
Abu'l-Fath ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Samiri al-Danafi, was a 14th-century Samaritan chronicler. His major work is Kitāb al-Tārīkh .
Kitāb al-Tārīkh This work was commissioned in 1352 by Pinḥas, Samaritan High Priest, and begun in 1356. It is an Arabic compilation of Samaritan history from cited earlier sources, running from Adam to Mohammed. This book is the oldest and most complete Samaritan work that has survived until the present day.
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Who was Abu l-Fath?
14th-century Samaritan chronicler
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Abu l-Fath died in 1356.
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Abu l-Fath was a writer and chronicler.
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