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In this paper, Abu Ismail Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Azdi and His Book Futuh al-Sham are analysed, who lived in the last quarter of the 2nd/8th century with Muhammad ibn Ishak, Abu Mihnaf and Sayf b. Omar, is Arab historian. Futuh al-Sham, which features the conquest of Levant by Muslims, is one of the oldest Arab and Islamic sources. Besides providing many details about the conquest of Levant, Futuh al-Sham involves a series of correspondence between Abu Bakr and his commanders and between Omar and his commanders. For this reason, it is a unique source in terms of involving correspondence that cannot be found in other sources belonging to the period of Four Caliphates. Furthermore, there is no religious or political bias in the information al-Azdi provides in his work. Although many authors wrote books with the same name as al-Azdi’s book, most of these works have not reached the present age. In addition, most of the rumors that al-Azdi included in his work are the rumours spread by people who took part in the conquest of Levant. The reason for this is fact that his own tribe, called the Azd tribe, participated in the conquest of Damascus or his tribe’s relation to the other tribes in conquest.

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