The Book of Al -Mukhtar in Al -Human News by Ismail Abi Al -Fida is a work on the history of the world from the beginning of creation until the year 732 AH, and it is the year in which the author died. Abu Al -Fida was a state, historian, geographical, and sponsoring of intellectual life in the Syrian city of Hama. The work at the present time acquires a special value in relation to its description of the city in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.