Editing Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (section)

==Works==
===Kitāb Al-Awrāq===
*''Kitāb Al-Awrāq'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب الاوراق}}) ‘Leaves’ or ‘Folios’;  unfinished  work on the traditions of the caliphs and the poets;  the poems and chronicles of the sons of the caliphs, from [[As-Saffah|al-Saffāḥ]] to Ibn [[Al-Mu'tazz|al-Mu‘tazz]] (750–908) and poems of other members of the [[Banu Abbas|Banū al-‘Abbās]] who were neither caliphs nor sons of caliphs in rank.  This included the poetry of [[Abdallah ibn Ali|‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Alī]] ({{lang|ar|عبد الله بن على}}), the poetry of Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ismā’īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ‘Īsā ibn al-Manṣūr ({{lang|ar|ابو احمد محمد بن احمد بن اسمعيل بن ابراهيم بن عيسى بن المنصور}}), the poems of members of the [[Family tree of Ali|family]] of [[Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Abū Ṭālib]] the descendants of [[Hasan ibn Ali|al-Ḥasan]] and [[Al-Husayn|al-Ḥusayn]], the descendants of [[Abbas ibn Ali|al-‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī]], the descendants of ‘Umar ibn ‘Alī, and the descendants of [[Ja'far ibn Abi Talib|Ja‘far ibn Abī Ṭālib]];{{refn|group=n|The Arabic word ''walad'' may mean either "descendant" or "son." For the members of the family of Abū Ṭālib.{{sfn|Mas'ūdī (al-)|1869|p=148}} }} poems of the descendants of [[Abd al-Muttalib|al-Ḥārith ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib]]; traditions about, and selected poems by, [[Abu Ishaq Ibn Harmah|Ibn Harmah]];  traditions about al-Sayyid al-Ḥimyarī ({{lang|ar|السيد الحميرى}}),{{refn|group=n|"Al-Ḥimyarī" given by Flügel and Yāqūt ,{{sfn|Yāqūt|1913|loc=Irshād, VI (7) |p=137}} but omitted in [[Chester Beatty Library|Beatty]] and [[Tonk, India|Tonk]] MSS of Al-Fihrist, }} with a selection of his poetry;  traditions about, and selected poems by, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf ({{lang|ar|احمد بن يوسف}}); traditions about Sudayf{{refn|group=n|Before "traditions about Sudayf" the Beatty MS has "traditions of Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm [al-Mawṣilī], with a selection of his poetry."}} with a selection of his poetry.  [[Ibn al-Nadim|Ishaq al-Nadīm]] speculates that al-Ṣūlī plagiarized al-Marthadī's book on poetry and the poets, as he had seen a copy of his book that had come from al-Ṣūlī's library.
**''Kitāb Al-Awrāq'' published in three parts (1934–6, London):{{sfn|Ṣūlī (al-)|1936|pp=5-11}}
{{snd}}i) ''Kitāb al-Awrāķ (Section on Contemporary Poets)'': contains anthologies of poets of the ''Muḥadathūn'' (modern poets) and their [[Diwan (poetry)|diwan]]s. Al-Ṣūlī was interested in the lesser known poets.  [[Al-Mas'udi|Al-Mas'ūdī]] highly esteemed him for his unique recording of people and events. Of the fourteen poets al-Ṣūlī cites, Abān ibn ‘Abdal-Ḥamīd al-Lāḥiķī and Ashja ibn ‘Amr al-Sulamī are the best known. Part of Abān's versification of the [[Kalila wa Dimna|Kalīla wa Dimna]] written for [[Yahya ibn Khalid|Yaḥyā ibn Khālid]] [[Barmakids|al-Barmakī]] is preserved and published in the edited Arabic edition by [[James Heyworth-Dunne]] (1934).{{sfn|Ṣūlī (al-)|1934}}

{{snd}}ii) ''Akhbar al-Rāḍī wa'l-Muttaqī''; chronicle covering a thirteen-year period of the reigns of the caliphs [[Ar-Radi|al-Rāḍī]]{{emdash}}whom al-Ṣūlī had tutored and been a close companion of{{emdash}}and [[Al-Muttaqi|al-Muttaqī]]. It contains many fresh details of their reigns and the literary activities of the court.{{sfn|Ṣūlī (al-)|1936|p=6}}  Although less famous than the histories of al-Mas'ūdī and [[Miskawayh]], al-Ṣūlī's is an eyewitness-account of the transition to [[Buyid]] rule. The position of ''[[amir al-umara]]'' was created in 936 during al-Radi's caliphate, which devolved some caliphal executive powers to ''[[amir]]s'' (princes). The Buyid amirs later exerted these powers to establish their independent dynasty within the Caliphate and the Abbāsid's never regained their full power. However, al-Ṣūlī's account makes clear the limits of the devolved powers to the [[amir]]s.

{{snd}}iii) ''Ash’ār Awlād al-Khulafā’ wa-Akhbāruhum''; chronicle of the [[Banu Abbas|House of al-'Abbās]] who were poets.{{sfn|Ṣūlī (al-)|1936|p=6}}

===Other Works{{sfn|Nadīm (al-)|1970|p=330}}===
*''Kitāb al-Wazrā'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب الوزرآء}}) The Viziers;
*''Kitāb al-'Abādah'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب العبادة}}) Worship;
*''Kitāb Adb al-Kātib 'alā al-Haqīqa'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب ادب الكاتب على الحقيقة}}) Training of the Secretary, according to Standard;{{refn|group=n|The Beatty and Tonk MSS have "secretaries", whereas Khallikān, III, 69, has "secretary." }}
*''Kitāb tafdhīl al-Sinān'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب تفضيل السنان}}) ‘Superiority of the Aged,’ written for ‘Alī ibn al-Furāt{{sfn|Nadīm (al-)|1970|p=331}} (855 – 924) surnamed Abū al-Ḥasan;{{refn|group=n|Omitted in Beatty and Tonk MSS of ''[[Ibn al-Nadim#Al-Fihrist|Al-Fihrist]]''.}}
*''Kitāb al-Shāb'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب الشاب}}) Youths;{{refn|group=n|Omitted in Flügel edition.}}
*''Kitāb al-Anwā’'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب الانواع}}) Varieties (unfinished);
*''Kitāb suwāl wa-jawāb Ramaḍān li Ibn al-Munajjim'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب سوال وجواب رمضان لابى النجم}}) Questions about Answers of Ramaḍān of Ibn al-Munajjim;{{refn|group=n|Uncertain which ‘Ibn’ of the Munajjim family.}}
*''Kitāb Ramaḍān'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب رمضان}}) Ramaḍān;{{refn|group=n|Beatty MS of Al-Fihrist suggests "Ramaḍān" erroneously duplicated.}}
*''Kitāb al-Shāmal fī ‘Alam al-Qur’ān'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب الشامل فى علم القران}}) The Compendium, about knowledge of the Qur’ān (unfinished),{{refn|group=n|Al-Fihrist adds that it contained rare forms for the scholars ({{lang|ar|وللعلمآء في ذلك نوادر ليس هذا موضعها}}).}}
*''Kitāb Munāqub ‘alā ibn al-Furāt'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب مناقب على بن الفرات}}) The Virtues of ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Furāt;
*''Kitāb akhbār Abū Tammām'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب اخبار ابى تمام}}) Traditions about Abū Tammām;
*''Kitāb akhbār al-Jubbā’ī Abū Sa’īd'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب اخبار الجُبّاءى ابى سعيد}}) Traditions about al-Jubbā’ī Abū Sa’īd;
*''Kitāb al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب العباس بن الاحنف ومختار شعره}}) Al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf and selected poems;
*Epistle of Al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf about collecting taxes;{{refn|group=n|Omitted in Flügel.}}
*''Kitāb akhbār Abā ‘Amru Ibn al-‘Alā’'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب اخبار ابآ عمرو ابن العلاء}}) Traditions about Abū [[‘Amr ibn al-‘Alā’]];
*''Kitāb Al-Gharar'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب الغرر امالى}}) Al-Gharar{{refn|group=n|Al-gharar, "peril," may be a poet’s nickname. Yāqūt, Irshād, VI (7), 137, gives a separate title. Flügel gives the word but doubts its accuracy.  Omitted in Beatty and Tonk MSS.}}