The Grey Annals are the chronology made by J.R.R. Tolkien that comprises the first part of The War of the Jewels, the eleventh volume of The History of Middle-earth. They were the first large-scale timeline of Middle-earth, and their final version in Tolkien's legendarium is the Timeline of Arda.
"These are the Annals of Beleriand as they were made by the Sindar, the Grey Elves of Doriath and the Havens, and enlarged from the records and memories of the remnant of the Noldor of Nargothrond and Gondolin at the Mouths of Sirion, whence they were brought back into the West."
This chapter or "part" of the book serves as a synopsis of the first half of Quenta Silmarillion, which was completed after Tolkien wrote the Annals. The years by which the Annals were ordered are the Valian Years, named after the Valar. Interspersed throughout, and in the whole second half of the chapter, are Christopher Tolkien's notes and explanations of changes his father had made to people and locations, and of references made within the Annals to external, historic Middle-earth tales.
The Annals begin with the Valian year 1050, in which Melian the Maia came from Valinor and the Quendi were awoken in Cuiviénen - they end with the last events of The Children of Húrin; specifically the inscription of Túrin and Niënor's gravestone, which are in the year 499 of the First Age.
The Grey Annals, which are Part One of The War of the Jewels, are followed by "Of Men", the first chapter of Part Two.[1]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Die Grys Annale |
| Albanian | Gri Analet |
| Amharic | ግራጫ መዛግብት ላይ ? |
| Arabic | غراي حوليات |
| Armenian | Մոխրագույն տարեգիրք |
| Azerbaijani | Boz Salnamə |
| Basque | Gris Kroniken |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Шэрыя Аналы |
| Bengali | গ্রে কাহিনী |
| Bosnian | Siva Anali |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Сив анали |
| Cambodian | នេះរបាក្សត្រប្រផេះ |
| Catalan | Els Annals Gris |
| Chinese | 灰色的史册 |
| Croatian | Siva Anali |
| Czech | Šedé Análů |
| Danish | De Grå Annaler |
| Dutch | De Grijze Annalen |
| Esperanto | La Grego Anales |
| Estonian | Hall Ajaraamat |
| Filipino | Ang kulay abong na talaan |
| Finnish | Harmaa Annals |
| French | Les Annales Grises |
| Frisian | De Grize Annalen |
| Galician | Os Anais Grises |
| Georgian | რუხი ანალები |
| German | Die Grauen Annalen |
| Greek | Οι γκρι χρονικά |
| Gujarati | ગ્રે એનલ્સ |
| Hebrew | בתולדות אפור |
| Hindi | ग्रे इतिहास |
| Hungarian | A Szürke Krónikák |
| Icelandic | Grár Annals |
| Indonesian | Sejarah abu-abu |
| Irish Gaelic | Annála liath |
| Italian | Gli Annali Grigi |
| Japanese | 灰色の年代記 |
| Javanese | Werna abu-abu Sejarah |
| Kannada | ಗ್ರೇ ಆನ್ನಲ್ಸ್ |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Сұр жылнамасы |
| Korean | 그레이 실록 |
| Kurdish | .Erdoğan gewr (Latin) |
| Laotian | ພົງສາວະດານສີຂີ້ເຖົ່າ |
| Latvian | Pelēkās Hronika |
| Lithuanian | Pilkieji Metraštis |
| Luxembourgish | D'gro Chroniken |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Греј Аналите |
| Malay | Kitab Sejarah Kelabu |
| Malayalam | ചാര ശ്രീമഹാക്ഷേത്രം |
| Marathi | ग्रे ऐतिहासिक |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | саарал түүхийн сударт |
| Norwegian | De Grå Annaler |
| Persian | خاکستری سالانه |
| Polish | Szare Annały |
| Portuguese | Os Anais Cinzentos |
| Punjabi | ਸਲੇਟੀ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ |
| Romanian | Analele Gri |
| Russian | Серая анналы |
| Scottish Gaelic | Tha a ' Glas Eachdraidh |
| Serbian | Сиви анале (Cyrillic) Sivi Anale (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | අළු පුරාවෘත්ත |
| Slovak | Šedá kronika |
| Slovenian | Sivi Analih |
| Somalian | Taariikhda Cirro |
| Spanish | Los Anales Grises |
| Sudanese | Nu Babad abu |
| Swedish | De Grå Annaler |
| Tahitian | Te Paraleipomeno drauniuludrau ? |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дар Грей Вақоеънома |
| Tamil | சாம்பல் குரோனிக்கல்ஸ் |
| Telugu | గ్రే అన్నల్స్ |
| Thai | พงศาวดารสีเทา |
| Tongan | He Kulei Fakamatala me'a hokohoko |
| Turkish | Gri Yıllıklar |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | сірі Аннали |
| Urdu | گرے تاریخ |
| Uzbek | Кулранг Тарихи (Cyrillic) Kulrang Tarixi (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Các biên niên sử xám |
| Welsh | Mae'r Croniclau Llwyd |
| Yiddish | די גריי אַננאַלס |