The Classical work al-Bidayah wa'an-Nihayah (The Beginning and the End) or Tarikh ibn Kathir (The history [book of] Ibn Kathir) is One of the most comprehensive sources of Islamic history.
However as yet there is no Complete English Translation of this famous Encyclopaedia of Islamic History which covers
	
The beginning of creation and the sending of man upon the earth
	
Stories of the past Prophets
	
Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad (S)
	
The Times of the Sahaba (Companions)
	
and History up to time of author (768 h)
	
	
A history of Muslims from Adam until Ibn Kathir’s time. 
	
	Printed by Dar Ibn Jowzi (Cairo) in 7 Volumes on Yellow paper.