Al-Bidaayah wa an-Nihaayah (ibn Katheer)

Superb condensed edition in two volumes but which remains readable and stories and hadith references in brackets Basic text editing verified by al-Turki (which is the safest). 3015 pages.


Egyptian in 8 volumes: Full and detailed authentication by 3 Toullaab al-'Ilm, recommended and supervised by Mustafa al-' Adawi (who is known to be specialized in the hadith), a volume containing summaries of research to assist the student, and finally vowels (harakat) on the letters ! 5934 pages. 5934 pages.