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The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Language
English
Pages
280

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Subjects

Origin, Islam, History

People

Muḥammad Prophet (d. 632)

Places

Islamic Empire

Times

622-661
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Table of Contents

The Near East on the eve of Islam. The empires of the late antique Near East ; Arabia between the Great Powers ; Mecca and Yathrib (Medina)
Muhammad and the Believers' Movement. The traditional biography of Muhammad the Prophet ; The problem of sources ; The character of the early Believers' Movement
The expansion of the Community of Believers. Sources ; The Community in the last years of Muhammad's life ; Succession to Muhammad and the Ridda Wars ; The character of the Believers' early expansion ; The course and scope of the early expansion
The struggle for leadership of the Community 34-73/655-692. Background of the First Civil War ; The course of the first Civil War (35-40/656-661) ; Between civil wars (40-60/661-680) ; The Second Civil War (60-73/680-692) ; Reflections on the civil wars
The emergence of Islam. The Umayyad Restoration and return to the imperial agenda ; The redefinition of key terms ; Emphasis on Muhammad and the Qur'an ; The problem of the Trinity ; Elaboration of Islamic cultic practices ; Elaboration of the Islamic origins story ; The coalescence of an "Arab" political identity ; Official vs. popular change
Appendix A. The Umma document
Appendix B. Inscriptions in the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-255) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
297.09/021
Library of Congress
BP55 .D66 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 280 p. :
Number of pages
280

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24379759M
ISBN 10
0674050975
ISBN 13
9780674050976
LCCN
2009052195
OCLC/WorldCat
456169900

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15409482W

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