The History of Al Tabari Vol 5 The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakmids

1. The Kings of the Persian
2. Mention of the Holders of Power in the Kingdom of Persia after Ardashir b. Bdbak
3. Mention of Events in the Reigns of Yazdajird (II), Son of Bahram (V), and Fayruz, and the Relations of Their Respective Governors with the Arabs and the People of Yemen
4. Mention of What Has Been Recorded Concerning the Events Taking Place Among the Arabs in Qubadh's Reign in His Kingdom and Involving His Governors /
5. Mention of the Rest of the Story of Tubba` in the Days of Qubadh and the Time of Anusharwan and the Persians' Dispatch of an Army to Yemen in Order to Combat the Abyssinians, and the Reason for This Last
6. Mention of the Birth of the Messenger of God /
7. The Remainder of Kisrd Anusharwdn's Reign and the Last Sdsdnid Kings
8. Mention of Those Who Say That (i.e., those who say that the words of Surat al-Rum refer to Abarwiz's defeat of Hiragl)
9. Mention of the Account Concerning the Events That Happened when God Wished to Take Away from the people of Persia Rule over Persia, and the Arabs' Overrunnning It by Means of God's Favoring Them with His Prophet Muhammad, Involving the Prophethood , the Caliphate , the Royal Power, and the Dominion, in the Days of Kisra Abarwiz
10. Mention of Those Vassal Rulers Set over the Desert Frontier of the Arabs at al-Hirah as Appointees of the Monarchs of Persia, after `Amr b. Hind /
11. The Story Returns to the Mention of al-Maruzan, Who Governed Yemen on Behalf of Hurmuz and His Son Abarwiz, and His Successors

This volume of al-Tabari’s History provides the most complete and detailed historical source for the Persian empire of the Sasanids, whose four centuries of rule were one of the most glorious periods in Persia’s long history.