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.
This famous Encyclopaedia of Islamic History covers;
The beginning of creation and the sending of man upon the earth
Stories of the past Prophets
Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
The Times of the Sahaba (Companions)
and History up to the time of the author (768 h)
History of Muslims from Adam until Ibn Kathir’s time. 

Printed by Dar Ibn Jowzi (Cairo) in 7 Volumes on Yellow paper.