Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History : : The Rashidun Caliphs /

Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History : : The Rashidun Caliphs / / Tayeb El-Hibri.

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The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 AD) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, whic...

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El-Hibri, Tayeb,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (488 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Genealogical Chart
  • ONE. Introduction
  • TWO. Abū Bakr
  • THREE. 'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
  • FOUR. 'Uthmān
  • FIVE. The Road to Civil War
  • SIX. 'Alī
  • SEVEN. From Caliphate to Kingship
  • EIGHT. Conclusion
  • APPENDIX 1. Abū Mikhnaf's Account of the Saqīfa of Banū Sā'ida
  • APPENDIX 2. The Succession to 'Umar
  • APPENDIX 3. Manūshihr's Declaration
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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