al-akhbār aṭ-ṭiwāl

Al-Akhbār al-Tadwāl is a historical work by al-Dīnawarī, a Persian or Kurdish scholar who lived around the 9th century CE. This book is notable for presenting the history of Persia from a Persian perspective, rather than an Arabic one.1

Al-Dīnawarī was a polymath with interests in astronomy, botany, and history. His Kitāb al-nabāt ("Book of Plants") is a significant early Muslim work on botany, incorporating both Arabic and Persian traditions. While his works on mathematics and astronomy are not fully preserved, Al-Akhbār al-Tadwāl is the only one of his writings that has survived in its entirety.1