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The Ta’rikh al-Mawsil by Abu Zakariya Al - Azdi (d. 945 A.D./334 A.H.)  is one of the most important sources on the history of Mosul for  the years (719-838 A.D/101-224 A.H.)and a general history of the  Islamic empire, with some stress on internal affairs, and some biographical information on prominent Jazirans. Unfortunately, the only available manuscript saved in Chester Beatty library is full of mistakes and distortions . The aim of this research is to examine the errors and defections in Al-Azdi’s book, by examining his version in the light  of Khalifa b. Khayyata’s (d. 854-855 A.D./240 A.H.)   especially narratives on the Umayyad dynasty, and comparing it with the original text, Ta’rikh of Khalifa b. Khayyata. In this regard, we needed to look back at both the MS of Alazdi and the narratives of of Khalifa in the light of other sources like Ansāb al-Ashrāf, al-Baladhuri(d. 892 A.D./279 A.H.) and Ta’rikh madinat Dimashq for Ibn ‘Asakir (d. 1176 A.D./571 A.H.) to find out the defections in Al-Azdi’s book.
Key words:Abu Zakariya Al– Azdi, Ta’rikh al-Mawsil, Khalifa b. Khayyata,   Ta’rikh Khalifa b. Khayyata,  Mosul

As'ad bin Ammar bin Sa'ad al-Khallati (606-1209 AD) and also called (al-Rabib al-Mawsili) is one of the prominent personalities. He distinguished by his journeys and the diversity of his political and cultural environment. Politically, he played a prominent role in the political activity in Mosul, and he was of the influential over the ruling class there in addition to the fact that the Banu Sakman were giving him a distinguished status in the city Khallat, as well as he was at the service of the Caliph Muqtafi(530-555 A.H/1135-1160 A.D) when he was in Baghdad. Militarily, he was in command of the army of Mosul during the third crusade. This research paper is distinguished because it studies his journey of historical and civil contents, which he had written himself, but we received only extracts from it via Ibn al-'Adim's book entitled (bughiyat al-talab fi tarikh halab).However, this journey reveals the nature of that era

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This research attempts to shed light on the biography of one of the scientists of the city of Mosul, who did not have an independent study, namely Ali bin Ahmad Al-Omrani Al-Mosuli, who died in 344 AH/ 955 AD. He is the owner of the first bookcase in the natural sciences in Mosul. And his scientific interwsts with one of his pupils.

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