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Parable and politics in early Islamic history [electronic resource] : the Rashidun caliphs / Tayeb El-Hibri.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 469 p.) : chartISBN:
  • 9780231150828 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780231521659 (ebook)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS38.16 .E425 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Abu Bakr: the moment of confirmation -- 'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb: a saga of law and conquest -- 'Uthman: the challenge of innovation -- The road to civil war: issues and boundaries -- 'Ali: in the image of the prophets -- From caliphate to kingship: 'Umar's reign and future changes -- Appendix 1: Abu Mikhnaf's account of the Saqifa of Banu Sa'ida -- Appendix 2: The succession to 'Umar -- Appendix 3: Manushihr's declaration.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-461) and index.

Abu Bakr: the moment of confirmation -- 'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb: a saga of law and conquest -- 'Uthman: the challenge of innovation -- The road to civil war: issues and boundaries -- 'Ali: in the image of the prophets -- From caliphate to kingship: 'Umar's reign and future changes -- Appendix 1: Abu Mikhnaf's account of the Saqifa of Banu Sa'ida -- Appendix 2: The succession to 'Umar -- Appendix 3: Manushihr's declaration.

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