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The 31 pages that link to Al-Tabari, each with the reason it gives.

• Abbasid CaliphateRelated: His history is a foundational narrative source for the caliphate’s early centuries.

• TafsirRelated: His expansive commentary became a major model for collecting and evaluating transmitted explanations.

• Mu'awiya INarrower topic: His chronicle preserves influential reports about Mu'awiya’s rise and the First Fitna.

• Quranic exegesisBroader topic: His monumental commentary became a model of report-based scholarly exegesis.

• Battle of al-QadisiyyahRelated: His narrative is a major source for the battle’s reported speeches, episodes, and chronology.

• AnsarRelated: His historical compilation preserves reports about Ansar and succession that sometimes differ.

• SiraRelated: His history preserves sira accounts from multiple earlier authorities.

• Early Islamic historiographyBroader topic: His compilation makes visible the multiple accounts and chains available to a major historian.

• Siege of Constantinople (717–718)Related: His later account preserves an Arabic narrative of the expedition.

• Battle of the TrenchRelated: His history records traditions about the siege and its aftermath.

• Ibn IshaqRelated: His history preserves material attributed to Ibn Ishaq beyond Ibn Hisham’s recension.

• Islamic scholarshipRelated: His works became major examples of transmitted interpretation and historical compilation.

• Abbasid literatureBroader topic: His historical compilation shows how Abbasid literary culture encompassed narrative scholarship.

• Saffarid dynastyRelated: His account is a major narrative source for Yaʿqub’s rise and campaigns.

• Al-MasudiCompared with: Al-Tabari’s annalistic chronicle contrasts with Al-Masudi’s more geographically expansive narrative.

• Ibn KathirCompared with: His earlier commentary is a major source and a useful comparison for Ibn Kathir’s selective use of reports.

• Siege of Constantinople (674–678)Related: His narrative offers a later Arabic perspective on the expedition and its chronology.

• Al-BaladhuriCompared with: Comparing his parallel conquest narratives with al-Baladhuri’s reveals different selections and arrangements of reports.

• Assassination of UthmanRelated: His compilation records divergent reports about the siege and Uthman’s death.

• BarzakhRelated: His commentary records early interpretations of Qur’anic passages using barzakh.

• Isra'iliyyatRelated: His commentary preserves numerous reports while often presenting their chains rather than endorsing every account.

• Sa'd ibn Abi WaqqasRelated: His history is a major narrative source for Sa'd’s campaigns in Iraq.

• Battle of AjnadaynRelated: His chronicle is a major surviving source for accounts of Ajnadayn.

• Battle of NahavandRelated: His chronicle is a major narrative source for the battle and its surrounding campaigns.

• Battle of NahrawanRelated: His chronicle preserves influential accounts of the battle and its surrounding events.

• Arab–Khazar warsRelated: His historical narrative preserves reports about Arab campaigns and Khazar incursions.

• Battle of AkroinonRelated: His historical tradition offers a perspective on Arab-Byzantine campaigns beyond Byzantine chronicles.

• Ibn AbbasRelated: His commentary transmits numerous interpretations attributed to Ibn Abbas, often with chains of authority.

• Zanj RebellionRelated: His chronicle is a major surviving narrative source for the revolt and its suppression.

• Al-QurtubiCompared with: His earlier commentary exemplifies the transmitted-report tradition that Al-Qurtubi also draws upon.

• Ibrahim II of IfriqiyaRelated: His chronicle provides an important narrative source for the late ninth-century Islamic world.