Al-Riddah and the Muslim Conquest of Arabia / / Elias S. Shoufani.

The wars that the new state of Medina wages against tribes in the Arabian Peninsula, after the death of Muhammad, have been known traditionally as Hurub al-Riddah to denote an apostasy from Islam and forcible reconversion. The application of the term Riddah by the classical Muslim historians implied...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©1973
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (188 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. THE PROBLEM OF THE RIDDAH
  • 1. MUHAMMAD’S CONTROL IN ARABIA
  • 2. THE ELECTION OF ABU BAKR
  • 3. THE CHARACTER AND EXTENT OF THE RIDDAH
  • 4. THE RIDDAH AND THE ARAB CONQUEST
  • 5. THE SUCCESS OF ABU BAKR
  • INDEX