 Ibn Al-Atheer, Izz al-Din Ali bin Muhammad (630 AH / 1232 AD):

- The Brilliant History of the Atabeg State in Mosul, investigation: Abdul Qadir Tulaimat (Cairo, Dar Al-Kutub Al-Haditha, 1963).

- Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, reviewed and corrected by: Muhammad Yusuf al-Daqqaq, 5th edition (Beirut, Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2010).

 Al-Husseini, Abu Al-Hassan Ali bin Abu Al-Fawaris (d. 575 AH / 1179 AD):

- News of the Seljuk State, investigation: Abbas Iqbal, (Lahore, Punjab College Press, 1933 AD)

 Ibn Khalkan, Abu al-Abbas Shams al-Din Ahmad bin Abi Bakr (d. 681 AH / 1282 CE):

- Deaths of notables and news of time, investigation: Ihsan Abbas (Beirut, Dar Al-Thaqafa, 1977-1981)

 Abu Shamah, Shihab al-Din Abd al-Rahman bin Ismail al-Dimashqi (d. 665 AH / 1266 CE):

-The Book of Al-Rawdatain fi Akhbar al-Dawla al-Nuriyyah and al-Salahiyyah, investigation: Ibrahim al-Zaybak, (Beirut, Al-Risala Foundation, 1418 AH / 1997 AD).

 Al Dhaheri, Ghars al-Din Khalil bin Shaheen (d. 831 AH / 1428 CE):

-Butter revealing the kingdoms and explaining the ways and paths, which he took care of correcting: Paul Rawis, (Paris, Al-Jumhuriya Press, 1893).

 Ibn Al-Adim, Kamal Al-Din Omar Bin Hibatullah (d. 660 AH / 1261 AD):

-Butter of Aleppo in the History of Aleppo, edited and footnotes: Khalil Al-Mansour, (Beirut, Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, 1996).

 Al-Azimi, Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad (930 AH / 1523 AD):

-The History of Al-Azimi, investigation: Ali Swaim, (Ankara, Turkish Historical Society, 1988).

 Al-Isfahani, Imad al-Din Muhammad bin Muhammad bin al-Mufaddal (597 AH / 1201 AD):

-The History of the Seljuk Dynasty, read by Yahya Murad, Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah (Beirut, Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, 2004).

 Al-Omari, Ahmed bin Yahya bin Fadlallah (d. 749 AH / 1348 AD):

- Paths of sight in the kingdoms of Al-Amsar, investigation, Hamza Ahmed Abbas, (Abu Dhabi, The Cultural Foundation, 2005).

 Al-Qarmani, Ahmad bin Yusuf (d. 1019 AH / 1611 AD):

- Akhbar al-Dawla wa Athar al-Awwal fi al-Tarikh, investigation: Ahmed Hoteit and Fahmy Saad, (Beirut, World of Books, 1992)

 Ibn al-Qalanisi, Abu Ali Hamza bin Asad (d. 555 AH / 1160 AD):

- An appendix to the history of Damascus, (Beirut, Jesuit Fathers Press, 1908).

 Al-Qalqashandi, Abu Al-Abbas Ahmed bin Ali (d. 821 AH / 1413 AD):

- Subh Al-Asha fi Sinaat Al-Insha, explained and commented on by: Muhammad Hussein Shams Al-Din, (Beirut, Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, 1987).

 Al-Masoudi, Abu Al-Hasan bin Ali (d. 346 AH / 957 AD):

- Promoter of Gold and Minerals of Essence, who took care of it and reviewed it: Kamal Hassan Merhi, (Lebanon, Al-Mataba' Al-Asriya, 2008).

 Miskaweh, Abu Ali Ahmed bin Muhammad (d. 421 AH / 1030 AD):

- Refining morals, investigation: Constantine Zureik, (Beirut, American University Press, 1966).

- The Experiences of Nations and the Succession of Determination, published in Amdrooz, Al-Tamdun Press, Cairo, 1915 AD.

 Ibn Abi al-Hayja’ al-Arbali, Uzz al-Din Muhammad ibn Abi al-Hayja’ al-Habdani al-Arbali (700 AH / 133 CE):

- The History of Ibn Abi Al-Hayja’, printed with the History of Al-Qudha’i (454 AH / 1062 AD), investigation: Farid Ahmed Al-Mazydi, Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiya, Beirut, 2004 AD.

 Ibn Wasel, Jamal al-Din Muhammad (d. 697 AH / 1297 AD):

- Mufarrej Al-Karub fi Akhbar Bani Ayoub, investigation: Jamal Al-Din Al-Shayal, Part One, (Egypt, Dar Al-Thaqafa and Al-Irshad, 1953). The second part: (Cairo, the Amiri Press, 1957), the fifth part: investigation: Hassanein Muhammad Rabie, (Cairo, Dar al-Kutub, 1977).

 Yaqut al-Hamawi, Shihab al-Din Abu Abdullah (d. 626 AH / 1228 CE):

- Lexicon of Writers, (Cairo, Dar Al-Fikr, 1980 AD).

- The Dictionary of Countries, 2nd edition, (Beirut, Dar Sader, 2010).

- Mu'jam Al-Buldan, 3rd edition, Dar Sader, Beirut, 2007.

Second: Arabic references:

 Amin, Hussein:

- A History of Iraq in the Seljuk Era, (Baghdad, Al-Irshad Press, 1965 AD).

 Arshid Yousef Rashid Humaidan:

- The Seljuks of the Levant and the Island, Amman, 1988 AD

 Khalil, Imad Eddin:

- Imad Al-Din Zangi, (Beirut, Al-Risala Foundation, 1972).

 Hussain, Mohsen Muhammad:

Erbil in the Atabeg era, (Erbil, Office of Interpretation, 2014).

 Hamed Zayan Ghanem Zayan:

- The political and military conflict between the Islamic forces at the time of the Crusades, Dar Al Thaqafa for publication and distribution, Cairo, 1983.

 Hassan, Hassan Ibrahim:

- History of Islam, (Cairo, Egyptian Renaissance Library, 1996).

 Damen, Mohammed:

- From the history of Aleppo, the rule of Qasim al-Dawla Aq Sunqur (479-487 AH / 1086-1094 AD), Historical Studies Journal, Issues (29 and 30, March-June), the ninth year, (Damascus, 1988 AD).

 Ibn Khordadbeh, Obaidullah bin Abdullah (d. 300 AH / 912 AD)

- Tracts and kingdoms, (printed with him a summary of the book “Al-Kharaj and the Craft of Writing”), Religious Culture Library, Port Said, (Dr. T).

 Ibn al-Jawzi, Abd al-Rahman bin Ali bin Muhammad (d. 597 AH / 1200 AD)

- Regular in the History of Nations and Kings, investigation and presentation by: Suhail Zakkar, Dar Al-Fikr, Beirut, 1995 AD.

 Al-Dawadari, Abu Bakr bin Abdullah bin Aibak (d. 736 AH / 1335 AD)

- The treasure of pearls and the collector of deception.

 Al-Rawandi, Muhammad bin Ali bin Suleiman (d. 603 AH / 1206 AD)

- Rahat al-Sudur and Ayat al-Surur in the History of the Seljuk State, translated by: Ibrahim Amin al-Shawarbi, Abdel Naeem Muhammad Hassanein, Fouad Abdel Muti al-Sayyad, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo, 2005 AD.

 Kurdizi, Abu Saeed Abd al-Hay bin Dahhak (d. 440 AH / 1048 CE)

- Mozayen Al-Akhbar, translated by: Muhammad Bin Tawit, Fez, 1973 AD.

 Ibn al-Mustawfi, Sharaf al-Din Abu al-Barakat al-Mubarak bin Ahmad al-Lakhmi al-Arbali (d. 637 AH / 1239 CE)

- The History of Erbil (The Ingenuity of the Inactive Country, with the Examples It Referenced), Investigation and Commentary: Sami Al-Sayyid Khamas Al-Saffar, Dar Al-Rasheed, Publications of the Ministry of Culture and Information, Baghdad, 1980 AD.

 Al-Narshakhi, Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Jaafar (d. 348 AH / 959 CE)

- The History of Bukhara, translation and verification: Amin Abd al-Majid Badawi, Nasrallah Mubashir al-Tarazi, Dar al-Ma’arif, Egypt, Cairo, 1956 AD.

 Ahmed Abdel Aziz Mahmoud:

- The Kurdish Habzanian Emirate in Azerbaijan, Erbil, and the Euphrates Island (293-656 AH / 905-1258 AD), Office of Interpretation for Publishing and Advertising, 2nd edition, Ministry of Education Press, Erbil, 2006 AD.

 Abdel Moneim Mohamed Hassanein:

- Iran and Iraq in the Seljuk era, the Lebanese Book House, Beirut, 1