ABOUT IBN AʿSAM AL-KUFI AND HIS WORK “KETĀB AL-FOTUḤ”

Abstract

Nowadays in our country it’s being carrying out a lot of researches in learning the history of Central Asia. There are a lot of books that gives us valuable information related to the Asian history. Among them Arabic historical manuscripts and sources are in great interest about this. One of these books is «Kitab al-futuh» («The Book of Discoveries») by the Arabian historian Ibn ‘A‘tham al-Kufi of the ‘Abbasid caliphate. The book consists of 3 parts and includes historical events from the time of the caliph Abu Bakr till the reign of the ‘Abbasid caliph al-Musta‘in (866). There is some original information about the Central Asian history, which is not the same with the data of the historical works of Al-Baladhuri, Ibn al-Athir and At-Tabari. There can be met some background about the history of Fergana region, Arabs conquest and the people of this country as well. The situation in this country at that time also is mentioned.