\ Booknews by Abu Jafar Muhammad (839-923) depicted the life of Muhammad and the history of the Islamic world to 915. This 39th volume of the history includes a selection from a compendium of brief biographies of early members of the Muslim community (here translated as ) that was not included in the history, although al- Tabari intended to append it at some point. The translation includes cross references to the Arabic text in the Leiden edition. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \